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How to find a minimal polynomial $\sqrt{3}$ over $\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3})$?

$\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt{3}) \subset \Bbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3})$, because $(\sqrt[6]{3})^{3}=\sqrt{3}$

$[\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3}): \Bbb{Q}]=[\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt{3}):\Bbb{Q}] * [\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3}): \Bbb{Q}(\sqrt{3}) ]$

$6=2*3$, so minimal polynomial has degree of $3$. But I don't know what to do now. Usually i start with:

$x=\sqrt{3}$

but in this case $\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3})$ confuses me.

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$\sqrt{3} \in \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3})$, so its minimal polynomial is $x - \sqrt{3}$.

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$x^6-3=(x^3-\sqrt{3})(x^3+\sqrt{3})$, and the minimal polynomial of $\sqrt[6]{3}$ over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3})$ is $x^3-\sqrt{3}$.

Dietrich Burde
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If "minimal polynomial over $F$" means the minimal polynomial with coefficients in $F$ then the minimal polynomial for $\sqrt3$ over $\Bbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3})$ is $t-\sqrt3$.

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The fact that $[\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3}):\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3})]=3$, doesn't tell you that the minimal polynomial of $\sqrt{3}$ over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3})$ is of degree three, instead it tells you that the minimal polynomial of $\sqrt[6]{3}$ over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3})$ is of degree three and indeed it's $x^3 - \sqrt{3}$.

On the other side proving that $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{3}) \subset\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3}) $ is enough to conclude that the minimal polynomial of $\sqrt{3}$ over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[6]{3})$ is $x - \sqrt{3}$.

Stefan4024
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