A3.4

Groups, Rings and Fields
Part II, 2003

(i) Let KK be the splitting field of the polynomial f=X32f=X^{3}-2 over the rationals. Find the Galois group GG of K/QK / \mathbb{Q} and describe its action on the roots of ff.

(ii) Let KK be the splitting field of the polynomial X4+aX2+bX^{4}+a X^{2}+b (where a,bQa, b \in \mathbb{Q} ) over the rationals. Assuming that the polynomial is irreducible, prove that the Galois group GG of the extension K/QK / \mathbb{Q} is either C4C_{4}, or C2×C2C_{2} \times C_{2}, or the dihedral group D8D_{8}.