Are there irreducible polynomials of every degree over every field?












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Let $F$ be a field and $n geq 2$. Must there exist an irreducible polynomial of degree $n$ in $F[X]$?



When $F=mathbb{Q}$ the answer is certainly "yes," as you can apply Eisenstein's criterion to $X^n-2$, for example. When $F = mathbb{Z}/pmathbb{Z}$ it is well known that the answer is "yes" (there have been numerous StackExchange posts about that), although it takes more work to get there (and especially to actually construct an example).



What about general $F$?






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    What about $F=mathbb{R}$ or $F=mathbb{C}$?
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Let $F$ be a field and $n geq 2$. Must there exist an irreducible polynomial of degree $n$ in $F[X]$?



When $F=mathbb{Q}$ the answer is certainly "yes," as you can apply Eisenstein's criterion to $X^n-2$, for example. When $F = mathbb{Z}/pmathbb{Z}$ it is well known that the answer is "yes" (there have been numerous StackExchange posts about that), although it takes more work to get there (and especially to actually construct an example).



What about general $F$?






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    What about $F=mathbb{R}$ or $F=mathbb{C}$?
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Let $F$ be a field and $n geq 2$. Must there exist an irreducible polynomial of degree $n$ in $F[X]$?



When $F=mathbb{Q}$ the answer is certainly "yes," as you can apply Eisenstein's criterion to $X^n-2$, for example. When $F = mathbb{Z}/pmathbb{Z}$ it is well known that the answer is "yes" (there have been numerous StackExchange posts about that), although it takes more work to get there (and especially to actually construct an example).



What about general $F$?






abstract-algebra polynomials irreducible-polynomials







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Let $F$ be a field and $n geq 2$. Must there exist an irreducible polynomial of degree $n$ in $F[X]$?



When $F=mathbb{Q}$ the answer is certainly "yes," as you can apply Eisenstein's criterion to $X^n-2$, for example. When $F = mathbb{Z}/pmathbb{Z}$ it is well known that the answer is "yes" (there have been numerous StackExchange posts about that), although it takes more work to get there (and especially to actually construct an example).



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    What about $F=mathbb{R}$ or $F=mathbb{C}$?
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    What about $F=mathbb{R}$ or $F=mathbb{C}$?
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What about $F=mathbb{R}$ or $F=mathbb{C}$?
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If $F$ is algebraically closed then every polynomial with coefficients in $F$ splits into a product of linear factors over $F$. So there do not exist any irreducible polynomials of degree $n>1$.






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    There are no irreducible cubic polynomials over the real numbers. Nor of any odd degree greater than 1. This follows from the intermediate value theorem.



    In fact, the fundamental theorem of algebra says that the only irreducible polynomials over the real numbers are those of degree 1 and those of degree 2 with negative discriminant.






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    • Or even degree greater than 2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_polynomial
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    If $F$ is algebraically closed then every polynomial with coefficients in $F$ splits into a product of linear factors over $F$. So there do not exist any irreducible polynomials of degree $n>1$.






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      If $F$ is algebraically closed then every polynomial with coefficients in $F$ splits into a product of linear factors over $F$. So there do not exist any irreducible polynomials of degree $n>1$.






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        If $F$ is algebraically closed then every polynomial with coefficients in $F$ splits into a product of linear factors over $F$. So there do not exist any irreducible polynomials of degree $n>1$.






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        If $F$ is algebraically closed then every polynomial with coefficients in $F$ splits into a product of linear factors over $F$. So there do not exist any irreducible polynomials of degree $n>1$.







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            There are no irreducible cubic polynomials over the real numbers. Nor of any odd degree greater than 1. This follows from the intermediate value theorem.



            In fact, the fundamental theorem of algebra says that the only irreducible polynomials over the real numbers are those of degree 1 and those of degree 2 with negative discriminant.






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            • Or even degree greater than 2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_polynomial
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            There are no irreducible cubic polynomials over the real numbers. Nor of any odd degree greater than 1. This follows from the intermediate value theorem.



            In fact, the fundamental theorem of algebra says that the only irreducible polynomials over the real numbers are those of degree 1 and those of degree 2 with negative discriminant.






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            • Or even degree greater than 2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_polynomial
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            There are no irreducible cubic polynomials over the real numbers. Nor of any odd degree greater than 1. This follows from the intermediate value theorem.



            In fact, the fundamental theorem of algebra says that the only irreducible polynomials over the real numbers are those of degree 1 and those of degree 2 with negative discriminant.






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            There are no irreducible cubic polynomials over the real numbers. Nor of any odd degree greater than 1. This follows from the intermediate value theorem.



            In fact, the fundamental theorem of algebra says that the only irreducible polynomials over the real numbers are those of degree 1 and those of degree 2 with negative discriminant.







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            • Or even degree greater than 2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_polynomial
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            • Or even degree greater than 2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_polynomial
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            Or even degree greater than 2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_polynomial
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            Or even degree greater than 2. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_polynomial
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