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- From: gsmith@clio.uucp (Eugen W. Schmidt)
- Subject: Re: Univariate polynomial equations and the FAQ
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.184527.20793@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
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- References: <1992Oct29.214648.11168@gdr.bath.ac.uk> <1992Nov3.185747.2911@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> <1d72mnINNq2p@mozz.unh.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 18:45:27 GMT
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- In article <1d72mnINNq2p@mozz.unh.edu> dvf@kepler.unh.edu (David V Feldman) writes:
-
- >Fix an integer m. Let K be the extension of Q obtained by adjoining
- >all roots of all polynomials of the form
- > n m
- > x + a x + ... a
- > m 0
-
- >where the coefficients are rational.
-
- This sounds like the algebraic closure of Q, Q-bar.
-
- Let s(m) be the smallest degree of a
- >polynomial with rational coefficients which does not have any root in K.
- >So s(0)=5, by Galois theory. What is known about the function s(m)?
-
- This is false for Q-bar. If your original field extension was the
- maximal solvable extension in Q-bar, then we could try to figure out
- the answer to your question, if we could figure out the question,
- which I still can't do!
-
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- Eugen W. Schmidt/Der Brahms Gang/IWR/Ruprecht-Karls University
- gsmith@kalliope.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
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