Solvability of cubic and quartic equations using one radical
Abstract
Theorem. An irreducible cubic polynomial with rational coefficients has a root in a one step radical extension of Q if and only if the discriminate is a square of a rational number. Theorem. An irreducible polynomial x^4+px^2+qx+s with rational coefficients q\ne0, p and s has a root in a one step radical extension of Q if and only if the cubic resolution has rational root t such that t>p/2 and A:=16(t^2-s)^2-(t^2-s)(2t+p)^2 is a square of a rational number.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2014
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1411.4990
- Bibcode:
- 2014arXiv1411.4990A
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - History and Overview;
- 12F05
- E-Print:
- 3 pages