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= Solution

The coefficient identity
$$
\boxed{1+x+x^3+x^4=(1+x)(1+x^3)}
$$
holds over every <field>. Both factors have positive degree, including in characteristics $2$ and $3$, because their leading coefficients remain one. Therefore \b[there is no field over which this polynomial is irreducible].

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