Exercise 7.1.11

Construct the Galois closure of ( 2 4 ) .

Answers

Proof. By sections 7.1.B,7.1.C, as the minimal polynomial of 2 4 is x 4 2 , a Galois closure of ( 2 4 ) is the splitting field of x 4 2 over , that is

( 2 4 , i 2 4 , i 2 2 4 , i 3 2 4 ) = ( i , 2 4 ) .

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