irreducibility using factor function()

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Consider the polynomial p=x^3-3*x+4. Use the factor() function to determine if p is irreducible over:

a. finite field Z_5

b. the rationals

c. the complex numbers

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This looks like homework. Please always mention the own effort to make sage compute something on the way. Here, a possibility to proceed - for each field - would be to construct the corresponding field, the ring of polynomials over it, then define $p$ over this field, finally ask for the factorization. For instance:

sage: F = GF(5)
sage: F.<x> = PolynomialRing( F )    # or F[] for short, but criptic.
sage: factor( x^3 - 3*x + 4 )
x^3 + 2*x + 4

Which is the code for the other two fields? (Of course, we can already decide...)

dan_fulea ( 2017-10-08 02:53:51 -0600 )edit

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irreducibility using factor function()

a. finite field Z_5

b. the rationals

c. the complex numbers

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b. the rationals

c. the complex numbers

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a. finite field Z_5

b. the rationals

c. the complex numbers

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b. the rationals

c. the complex numbers