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- From: dvf@kepler.unh.edu (David V Feldman)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Re: Univariate polynomial equations and the FAQ
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 03:23:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.100903.18040@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de> gsmith@urania.uucp (Gene W. Smith) writes:
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
- >Are you saying, fix some m, and consider all polynomials of the
- >form
- >
- >x^n + a_m x^m + a_(m-1) x^(m-1) + ... + a_0, a_i in Q?
- >
- >If so, then for m > 1 and n > 4, we have nonsolvable extensions of Q.
- >
- >If I am reading what you wrote below correctly, you are interested in
- >extensions which have Tschernhausen transformations into a form with
- >a_i beyond a certain point 0. We can see that over Q there is an
- >immediate problem getting rid of the a_2 term. If the extension in
- >question is totally real, the sums of the squares of the roots is
- >positive. If we have eliminated the trace term already, we see
- >immediately that a_2 must be positive.
-
- [stuff deleted]
-
- Sorry for the equation that was hard to read. As requested, I shall
- try to restate my question clearly and unambiguously:
-
- Let K_m be the smallest extension of Q with the property that K_m
- contains all roots of all polynomials
-
- x^n + a_m x^m + a_{m-1} x^{m-1} + ... + a_0, a_i in K_m .
-
- Assuming that K_m is not the algebraic closure of Q, let s(m) be the
- degree of the smallest algebraic number *not* in K_m. What
- can be said about s(m) as a function of m ? Classical Galois theory
- and pre-Galois theory of equations give s(0)=5. Tschernhausen
- transformations give s(m)>m+2. I am afraid that this is all I know
- at the moment.
- >--
- > Gene Ward Smith/Brahms Gang/IWR/Ruprecht-Karls University
- > gsmith@kalliope.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de
-
- David Feldman
-