Let K be the splitting field of the polynomial $x^4-2x^2-2$. Find an automorphism $sigma in Gal(K/mathbb{Q})$...












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The roots of the polynomials are $x=sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$. and the automorphisms $sigma in Gal(K/mathbb{Q})$ permutes the root of the polynomial. But none of such automorphisms are of order 4! I don't know how to proceed further.



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    My attempt:
    The roots of the polynomials are $x=sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$. and the automorphisms $sigma in Gal(K/mathbb{Q})$ permutes the root of the polynomial. But none of such automorphisms are of order 4! I don't know how to proceed further.



    Thanks for any help!






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      My attempt:
      The roots of the polynomials are $x=sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$. and the automorphisms $sigma in Gal(K/mathbb{Q})$ permutes the root of the polynomial. But none of such automorphisms are of order 4! I don't know how to proceed further.



      Thanks for any help!






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      My attempt:
      The roots of the polynomials are $x=sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}, -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$. and the automorphisms $sigma in Gal(K/mathbb{Q})$ permutes the root of the polynomial. But none of such automorphisms are of order 4! I don't know how to proceed further.



      Thanks for any help!






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          First observe that $K$ must be a degree 8 extension over $Bbb Q$. Here $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ is a degree 4 extension, but note that it cannot contain $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ since $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}) subset Bbb R$ whereas $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} not in Bbb R$. Thus, we can only have all of the roots of $x^4-2x^2-2$ by a further quadratic extension. (Here $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ is only degree 2 over $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ since it satisfies $x^2 -1+sqrt{3} = 0$ and the latter field contains $sqrt{3}$.)



          Now we know that automorphisms in the Galois group $text{Gal}(F/Bbb Q)$ are determined by how they permute the elements of $x^4-2x^2-2$, so the only possibility for a group of order 8 must be given by the Sylow 2-subgroups of $S_4$, which contain two 4-cycles apiece. The only suitable candidates for these 4-cycles are
          $$
          sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
          sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
          -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
          -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
          sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}
          $$
          or its inverse. This follows since if $sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ is sent to $-sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ that will force a 2-cycle, and similarly for the pair $pmsqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$.



          If you don't want to appeal to abstract Galois theory and want a concrete justification that this permutation of elements corresponds to a well-defined field automorphism, this can be done directly by modeling $K$ as $Bbb Q[x,y]/(x^4-2x^2-2, y^2+x^2-2)$, and checking that the self-map given by $xmapsto y, ymapsto -x$ is well-defined on the quotient. Here the justification for the $y^2+x^2-2$ is given by $(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})^2 + (sqrt{1-sqrt{3}})^2 = 1+sqrt{3}+1-sqrt{3} = 2$.






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            First observe that $K$ must be a degree 8 extension over $Bbb Q$. Here $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ is a degree 4 extension, but note that it cannot contain $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ since $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}) subset Bbb R$ whereas $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} not in Bbb R$. Thus, we can only have all of the roots of $x^4-2x^2-2$ by a further quadratic extension. (Here $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ is only degree 2 over $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ since it satisfies $x^2 -1+sqrt{3} = 0$ and the latter field contains $sqrt{3}$.)



            Now we know that automorphisms in the Galois group $text{Gal}(F/Bbb Q)$ are determined by how they permute the elements of $x^4-2x^2-2$, so the only possibility for a group of order 8 must be given by the Sylow 2-subgroups of $S_4$, which contain two 4-cycles apiece. The only suitable candidates for these 4-cycles are
            $$
            sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
            sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
            -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
            -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
            sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}
            $$
            or its inverse. This follows since if $sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ is sent to $-sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ that will force a 2-cycle, and similarly for the pair $pmsqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$.



            If you don't want to appeal to abstract Galois theory and want a concrete justification that this permutation of elements corresponds to a well-defined field automorphism, this can be done directly by modeling $K$ as $Bbb Q[x,y]/(x^4-2x^2-2, y^2+x^2-2)$, and checking that the self-map given by $xmapsto y, ymapsto -x$ is well-defined on the quotient. Here the justification for the $y^2+x^2-2$ is given by $(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})^2 + (sqrt{1-sqrt{3}})^2 = 1+sqrt{3}+1-sqrt{3} = 2$.






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              First observe that $K$ must be a degree 8 extension over $Bbb Q$. Here $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ is a degree 4 extension, but note that it cannot contain $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ since $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}) subset Bbb R$ whereas $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} not in Bbb R$. Thus, we can only have all of the roots of $x^4-2x^2-2$ by a further quadratic extension. (Here $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ is only degree 2 over $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ since it satisfies $x^2 -1+sqrt{3} = 0$ and the latter field contains $sqrt{3}$.)



              Now we know that automorphisms in the Galois group $text{Gal}(F/Bbb Q)$ are determined by how they permute the elements of $x^4-2x^2-2$, so the only possibility for a group of order 8 must be given by the Sylow 2-subgroups of $S_4$, which contain two 4-cycles apiece. The only suitable candidates for these 4-cycles are
              $$
              sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
              sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
              -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
              -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
              sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}
              $$
              or its inverse. This follows since if $sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ is sent to $-sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ that will force a 2-cycle, and similarly for the pair $pmsqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$.



              If you don't want to appeal to abstract Galois theory and want a concrete justification that this permutation of elements corresponds to a well-defined field automorphism, this can be done directly by modeling $K$ as $Bbb Q[x,y]/(x^4-2x^2-2, y^2+x^2-2)$, and checking that the self-map given by $xmapsto y, ymapsto -x$ is well-defined on the quotient. Here the justification for the $y^2+x^2-2$ is given by $(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})^2 + (sqrt{1-sqrt{3}})^2 = 1+sqrt{3}+1-sqrt{3} = 2$.






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                First observe that $K$ must be a degree 8 extension over $Bbb Q$. Here $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ is a degree 4 extension, but note that it cannot contain $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ since $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}) subset Bbb R$ whereas $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} not in Bbb R$. Thus, we can only have all of the roots of $x^4-2x^2-2$ by a further quadratic extension. (Here $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ is only degree 2 over $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ since it satisfies $x^2 -1+sqrt{3} = 0$ and the latter field contains $sqrt{3}$.)



                Now we know that automorphisms in the Galois group $text{Gal}(F/Bbb Q)$ are determined by how they permute the elements of $x^4-2x^2-2$, so the only possibility for a group of order 8 must be given by the Sylow 2-subgroups of $S_4$, which contain two 4-cycles apiece. The only suitable candidates for these 4-cycles are
                $$
                sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
                sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
                -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
                -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
                sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}
                $$
                or its inverse. This follows since if $sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ is sent to $-sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ that will force a 2-cycle, and similarly for the pair $pmsqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$.



                If you don't want to appeal to abstract Galois theory and want a concrete justification that this permutation of elements corresponds to a well-defined field automorphism, this can be done directly by modeling $K$ as $Bbb Q[x,y]/(x^4-2x^2-2, y^2+x^2-2)$, and checking that the self-map given by $xmapsto y, ymapsto -x$ is well-defined on the quotient. Here the justification for the $y^2+x^2-2$ is given by $(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})^2 + (sqrt{1-sqrt{3}})^2 = 1+sqrt{3}+1-sqrt{3} = 2$.






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                First observe that $K$ must be a degree 8 extension over $Bbb Q$. Here $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ is a degree 4 extension, but note that it cannot contain $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ since $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}) subset Bbb R$ whereas $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} not in Bbb R$. Thus, we can only have all of the roots of $x^4-2x^2-2$ by a further quadratic extension. (Here $sqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$ is only degree 2 over $Bbb Q(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})$ since it satisfies $x^2 -1+sqrt{3} = 0$ and the latter field contains $sqrt{3}$.)



                Now we know that automorphisms in the Galois group $text{Gal}(F/Bbb Q)$ are determined by how they permute the elements of $x^4-2x^2-2$, so the only possibility for a group of order 8 must be given by the Sylow 2-subgroups of $S_4$, which contain two 4-cycles apiece. The only suitable candidates for these 4-cycles are
                $$
                sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
                sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
                -sqrt{1+sqrt{3}} to
                -sqrt{1-sqrt{3}} to
                sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}
                $$
                or its inverse. This follows since if $sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ is sent to $-sqrt{1+sqrt{3}}$ that will force a 2-cycle, and similarly for the pair $pmsqrt{1-sqrt{3}}$.



                If you don't want to appeal to abstract Galois theory and want a concrete justification that this permutation of elements corresponds to a well-defined field automorphism, this can be done directly by modeling $K$ as $Bbb Q[x,y]/(x^4-2x^2-2, y^2+x^2-2)$, and checking that the self-map given by $xmapsto y, ymapsto -x$ is well-defined on the quotient. Here the justification for the $y^2+x^2-2$ is given by $(sqrt{1+sqrt{3}})^2 + (sqrt{1-sqrt{3}})^2 = 1+sqrt{3}+1-sqrt{3} = 2$.







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