Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 3 18J c Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Squaring and eliminating the inner radical givesThus are roots ofand are roots ofBoth polynomials are irreducible by the Eisenstein criterion at , so these are the four minimal polynomials over .
Over , the polynomial is irreducible by the Eisenstein criterion in . In any extension containing a root , characteristic givesIt therefore has exactly one distinct root, of multiplicity .