# Irreducible Polynomials

• Apr 27th 2009, 05:01 PM
Coda202
Irreducible Polynomials
let a= sqrt(7 + 4 *sqrt(3)) find irr(a,Q)

now let a= sqrt(7) + i find irr(a,Q)
• Apr 28th 2009, 03:48 AM
NonCommAlg
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Originally Posted by Coda202

let a= sqrt(7 + 4 *sqrt(3)) find irr(a,Q)

$\sqrt{7 + 4\sqrt{3}}=2 + \sqrt{3}.$

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now let a= sqrt(7) + i find irr(a,Q)
$a^4 - 12a^2 + 64=0.$ show that the polynomial $x^4-12x^2+64$ is irreducible over $\mathbb{Z},$ and therefore over $\mathbb{Q}.$ in order to show this you only need to prove that we cannot have

$x^4-12x^2+64=(x^2+ax+b)(x^2+cx+d),$ for some integers $a,b,c,d.$ that is very easy to verify!
• Apr 28th 2009, 01:51 PM
mathman88
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Originally Posted by NonCommAlg
Show that the polynomial $x^4-12x^2+64$ is irreducible over $\mathbb{Z},$ and therefore over $\mathbb{Q}.$

How does irreducibile in $\mathbb{Z}$ imply irreducible in $\mathbb{Q}$?
• Apr 28th 2009, 02:16 PM
NonCommAlg
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Originally Posted by mathman88

How does irreducibile in $\mathbb{Z}$ imply irreducible in $\mathbb{Q}$?

Gauss's lemma.