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Exercise 2.2.4
Let have roots in the field containing , and let be the polynomial defined in (2.17). Show carefully that
Answers
Proof. Let
which gives
Let
Then
is obtained from by the evaluation morphism which sends on .
Let .
Then
The previous evaluation morphism sends on , on , on .
In the example 2.2.6,
where
being the roots of in , we obtain
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