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Course notes (chap. 1 Number Theory, chap. 2 ... - McGill University

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2.2.1 Irreducible Polynomials<br />

Apolynomialg(x) isirreducible (Maple irreduc) ifitisnottheproductof<br />

two polynomials h(x),k(x) oflowerdegrees. Weusethefollowingtheorem<br />

to find irreducible polynomials.<br />

Theorem 2.6 Let l 1 ,l 2 ,...,l k be the prime factors of n and m i = n/l i for<br />

1 ≤ i ≤ k. Apolynomialg(x) of degree n is irreducible over F p iff<br />

• g(x)|x pn − x<br />

• gcd(g(x),x pm i<br />

− x) =1for 1 ≤ i ≤ k

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