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The cyclotomic polynomial is Φ8​(t)=t4+1. Over F7​,
Φ8​(t)=(t2+3t+1)(t2−3t+1),​
(1)
since the middle coefficient in the product is 2−9=−7=0. Both factors have positive degree, proving reducibility. In fact their discriminant 5 is not a square modulo 7, so these are the two irreducible quadratic factors.

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