Let be primitive polynomial and let be a prime number not dividing its leading coefficient. If its coefficientwise reduction is irreducible in , then is irreducible in . Indeed, a rational factorization would give an integer factorization by Gauss's lemma. The leading coefficients of both factors remain nonzero modulo , so reduction preserves their positive degrees, contradicting irreducibility of the reduction. For monic polynomials the leading-coefficient condition is automatic.
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