 Purely inseparable polynomial over a rational function field (source code)

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= Purely inseparable polynomial over a rational function field

Over $K=\mathbb F_p(t)$, the polynomial $X^p-t$ is irreducible by the <Eisenstein criterion> in $\mathbb F_p[t][X]$. In any extension containing a root $\alpha$, characteristic $p$ gives
$$
X^p-t=X^p-\alpha^p=(X-\alpha)^p.
$$
It therefore has exactly one distinct root, of multiplicity $p$.

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