Paper 4, Section II, F

Groups, Rings and Modules
Part IB, 2015

Find aZ7a \in \mathbb{Z}_{7} such that Z7[x]/(x3+a)\mathbb{Z}_{7}[x] /\left(x^{3}+a\right) is a field FF. Show that for your choice of aa, every element of Z7\mathbb{Z}_{7} has a cube root in the field FF.

Show that if FF is a finite field, then the multiplicative group F×=F\{0}F^{\times}=F \backslash\{0\} is cyclic.

Show that F=Z2[x]/(x3+x+1)F=\mathbb{Z}_{2}[x] /\left(x^{3}+x+1\right) is a field. How many elements does FF have? Find a generator for F×F^{\times}.