From: galoisgroupquestion on
Hi, I need to verify some of my Galois group exercises using GAP.

How do I find the Galois group of the polynomial
x^4 + 2x^2 + x +3 over Q using GAP?

Can I also find the splitting field of it using GAP?

How do I also find the Galois group of the same polynomial over GF(7) rather than Q?

I googled and tried it, but it was not successful so far.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.
From: Risto Kauppila on
07.05.2010 10:35, galoisgroupquestion kirjoitti:
> Hi, I need to verify some of my Galois group exercises using GAP.
>
> How do I find the Galois group of the polynomial
> x^4 + 2x^2 + x +3 over Q using GAP?
>
> Can I also find the splitting field of it using GAP?
>
> How do I also find the Galois group of the same polynomial over GF(7) rather than Q?
>
> I googled and tried it, but it was not successful so far.
>
> Any help will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

Listen some good reggae (for example Dr Mooch: Virginia) and
think the problem anew.

Rike
From: galoisgroupquestion on
> 07.05.2010 10:35, galoisgroupquestion kirjoitti:
> > Hi, I need to verify some of my Galois group
> exercises using GAP.
> >
> > How do I find the Galois group of the polynomial
> > x^4 + 2x^2 + x +3 over Q using GAP?
> >
> > Can I also find the splitting field of it using
> GAP?
> >
> > How do I also find the Galois group of the same
> polynomial over GF(7) rather than Q?
> >
> > I googled and tried it, but it was not successful
> so far.
> >
> > Any help will be appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> Listen some good reggae (for example Dr Mooch:
> Virginia) and
> think the problem anew.
>
> Rike

Don't reply if you have no intention to help.
It is a waste of time to read your stupid reply indeed.
From: Chip Eastham on
On May 7, 5:43 pm, galoisgroupquestion
<galoisgroupquest...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > 07.05.2010 10:35, galoisgroupquestion kirjoitti:
> > > Hi, I need to verify some of my Galois group
> > exercises using GAP.
>
> > > How do I find the Galois group of the polynomial
> > > x^4 + 2x^2 + x +3 over Q using GAP?
>
> > > Can I also find the splitting field of it using
> > GAP?
>
> > > How do I also find the Galois group of the same
> > polynomial over GF(7) rather than Q?
>
> > > I googled and tried it, but it was not successful
> > so far.
>
> > > Any help will be appreciated.
>
> > > Thanks.
>
> > Listen some good reggae (for example  Dr Mooch:
> > Virginia) and
> > think the problem anew.
>
> > Rike
>
> Don't reply if you have no intention to help.
> It is a waste of time to read your stupid reply indeed.

I like Rike's suggestion very much and appreciate
the time taken to reply.

However I will suggest that while the polynomial
x^4 + 2x^2 + x + 3 is irreducible over Q, it is
not irreducible over Z/7Z. I believe the GAP
command you want requires an irreducible polynomial
as input. See:

http://www.gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/htm/ref/CHAP056.htm

regards, chip
From: Gerry on
On May 8, 12:36 am, Chip Eastham <hardm...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 7, 5:43 pm, galoisgroupquestion
>
>
>
>
>
> <galoisgroupquest...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > 07.05.2010 10:35, galoisgroupquestion kirjoitti:
> > > > Hi, I need to verify some of my Galois group
> > > exercises using GAP.
>
> > > > How do I find the Galois group of the polynomial
> > > > x^4 + 2x^2 + x +3 over Q using GAP?
>
> > > > Can I also find the splitting field of it using
> > > GAP?
>
> > > > How do I also find the Galois group of the same
> > > polynomial over GF(7) rather than Q?
>
> > > > I googled and tried it, but it was not successful
> > > so far.
>
> > > > Any help will be appreciated.
>
> > > > Thanks.
>
> > > Listen some good reggae (for example  Dr Mooch:
> > > Virginia) and
> > > think the problem anew.
>
> > > Rike
>
> > Don't reply if you have no intention to help.
> > It is a waste of time to read your stupid reply indeed.
>
> I like Rike's suggestion very much and appreciate
> the time taken to reply.
>
> However I will suggest that while the polynomial
> x^4 + 2x^2 + x + 3 is irreducible over Q, it is
> not irreducible over Z/7Z.  I believe the GAP
> command you want requires an irreducible polynomial
> as input.  See:
>
> http://www.gap-system.org/Manuals/doc/htm/ref/CHAP056.htm
>
> regards, chip- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Use

p1:=X^4+2*X^2+X+3;
g1:=Galois(p1);

gives "S4"

The roots are :

x1= 1/2*sqrt(r)-1/2*sqrt(-4-r-2/sqrt(r))
x2= 1/2*sqrt(r)+1/2*sqrt(-4-r-2/sqrt(r))
x3=-1/2*sqrt(r)-1/2*sqrt(-4-r+2/sqrt(r))
x4=-1/2*sqrt(r)+1/2*sqrt(-4-r+2/sqrt(r))

and

s = 1/2(-389+3*I*sqrt(11631))
r = -4/3 + 40/(3*s^(1/3))+1/3*s^(1/3)

So s is a root of the quadratic :

x^2+389*x+64000

and r is a root of the cubic :

x^3+4*x^2-8*x-1

i don't know the answer to yout other questions.