Abel's irreducibility theorem
Meanings
name
- A field theory result asserting that if ƒ(x) is a polynomial over a field F that shares a root with a polynomial g(x) that is irreducible over F, then every root of g(x) is a root of ƒ(x).
Word forms
Etymology
Described in 1829 by Niels Henrik Abel.
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