Elementary characterization for Galois groups of $x^{12}+ax^6+b$
Number Theory
2025-08-08 v2
Abstract
Let be an irreducible polynomial, , , and let and be the Galois group of and , respectively. Building upon known characterizations of and in the literature, this paper provides an elementary characterization of all sixteen possible Galois groups of . In particular, we show that the Galois group of can be uniquely determined by the pair along with testing whether at most two expressions involving and are rational squares.
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@article{arxiv.2410.00870,
title = {Elementary characterization for Galois groups of $x^{12}+ax^6+b$},
author = {Malcolm Hoong Wai Chen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.00870},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
11 pages. Title, abstract, and content have been revised to focus only on the contribution towards Galois groups of $x^{12}+ax^6+b$