Question #136059
What is the total number of subgroup of the galois group of the polynomial x^3-2 over Q?
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Expert's answer
2020-10-01T15:05:47-0400

The Galois group of the polynomial x32x^3-2 over Q\mathbb Q is isomorphic to the symmetric group S3={(1),(12),(13),(23),(123),(132)}.S_3=\{(1),(12),(13),(23),(123),(132)\}. By the Lagrange's theorem, for any finite group S3S_3, the order of every subgroup HH of S3S_3 divides the order of S3S_3, that is H{1,2,3,6}|H|\in\{1,2,3,6\}. All groups of prime orders are cyclic.

Let us find all subgroup of S3S_3:

(12)={(1),(12)},(13)={(1),(13)},(23)={(1),(23)},(123)={(1),(123),(132)}=(132),{(1)},S3.\langle(12)\rangle=\{(1),(12)\}, \langle(13)\rangle=\{(1),(13)\}, \langle(23)\rangle=\{(1),(23)\}, \langle(123)\rangle=\{(1),(123),(132)\}=\langle(132)\rangle, \{(1)\}, S_3.

It follows that the total number of subgroups the Galois group of the polynomial x32x^3-2 over Q\mathbb Q

is six.

Answer: 6

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