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Elementary characterization for Galois groups of $x^{12}+ax^6+b$

Number Theory 2025-08-08 v2

Abstract

Let f(x)=x12+ax6+bQ[x]f(x)=x^{12}+ax^6+b \in \mathbb{Q}[x] be an irreducible polynomial, g4(x)=x4+ax2+bg_4(x)=x^4+ax^2+b, g6(x)=x6+ax3+bg_6(x)=x^6+ax^3+b, and let G4G_4 and G6G_6 be the Galois group of g4(x)g_4(x) and g6(x)g_6(x), respectively. Building upon known characterizations of G4G_4 and G6G_6 in the literature, this paper provides an elementary characterization of all sixteen possible Galois groups of f(x)f(x). In particular, we show that the Galois group of f(x)f(x) can be uniquely determined by the pair (G4,G6)(G_4,G_6) along with testing whether at most two expressions involving aa and bb 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 $x^{12}+ax^6+b$