Irreducibility of Selmer Polynomials #
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This file proves irreducibility of the Selmer polynomials X ^ n - X - 1
.
Main results #
polynomial.selmer_irreducible
: The Selmer polynomialsX ^ n - X - 1
are irreducible.
TODO: Show that the Selmer polynomials have full Galois group.
theorem
polynomial.X_pow_sub_X_sub_one_irreducible
{n : ℕ}
(hn1 : n ≠ 1) :
irreducible (polynomial.X ^ n - polynomial.X - 1)
theorem
polynomial.X_pow_sub_X_sub_one_irreducible_rat
{n : ℕ}
(hn1 : n ≠ 1) :
irreducible (polynomial.X ^ n - polynomial.X - 1)