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Purely inseparable polynomial over a rational function field

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Area of mathematics Algebra Galois theory Purely inseparable field extension Purely inseparable algebraic element Minimal polynomial of a purely inseparable element
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Over K=Fp​(t), the polynomial Xp−t is irreducible by the Eisenstein criterion in Fp​[t][X]. In any extension containing a root α, characteristic p gives
Xp−t=Xp−αp=(X−α)p.
(1)
It therefore has exactly one distinct root, of multiplicity p.

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