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Galois embedding for a cyclotomic polynomial

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If L is the splitting field of Φn​ over a characteristic-zero field K, choosing a primitive root ζn​ gives an injection
Gal(L/K)↪(Z/nZ)×,σ(ζn​)=ζnaσ​​.
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It is surjective exactly when Φn​ is irreducible over K.

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