Why the nth-root function is not a rational function

DOI10.1080/0020739X.2017.1319980zbMath1397.97022OpenAlexW2611168494MaRDI QIDQ4689426

David E. Dobbs

Publication date: 16 October 2018

Published in: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739x.2017.1319980

zbMATH Keywords

finite fielddegreerational functionpolynomialprimitive rootlinear functionlinear independenceLagrange's theoremcharacteristic\(n\)th root

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elementary functions (26A09) Mappings and functions (educational aspects) (97I20)

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Subsets of fields whose nth-root functions are rational functions

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