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Solvability by Real Radicals and Fermat Primes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

C. U. Jensen*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics University of Copenhagen Universitetsparken 5 DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark, e-mail: cujensen@math.ku.dk
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Abstract

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We give a survey of old and new results concerning the expressibility of the real roots of a solvable polynomial over a real number field by real radicals. A characterization of Fermat primes is obtained in terms of solvability by real radicals for certain ploynomials.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2004

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