OFFSET
1,1
COMMENTS
The fact that f_101 factors as a product of 3 linear and one irreducible quadratic factor shows that the Galois group of f(x) is (isomorphic to) the Symmetric group on 5 letters, S_5. That is also the Galois group of 1+2*x+3*x^2+4*x^3+5*x^4+6*x^5.
REFERENCES
N. Jacobson, Basic Algebra I, Freeman and Co, (1985), pp. 301-304.
EXAMPLE
When p=101, f_p(x)=(x+40)*(x+30)*(x+49)*(x^2+88*x+72) mod p
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
easy,nonn
AUTHOR
Waldeck Schutzer, Oct 13 2002
STATUS
approved