Paper 3, Section II, F
Part II, 2019
Let be a field. For a positive integer, consider , where either char , or char with not dividing ; explain why the polynomial has distinct roots in a splitting field.
For a positive integer, define the th cyclotomic polynomial and show that it is a monic polynomial in . Prove that is irreducible over for all . [Hint: If , with and monic irreducible with , and is a root of , show first that is a root of for any prime not dividing .]
Let ; by considering the product , or otherwise, show that is irreducible over .