Transcendence Degree and Finite Field Extensions
Field extensions have algebraic notions of dimension. Transcendence degree measures the number of algebraically independent parameters; finite extensions are ordinary finite-dim…
Every page in the KEVOS library tagged minimal polynomial. 5 pages.
Field extensions have algebraic notions of dimension. Transcendence degree measures the number of algebraically independent parameters; finite extensions are ordinary finite-dim…
Algebraic numbers, minimal polynomials, algebraic integers, and the computational tests that distinguish them.
Recovering exact integer relations from numerical approximations using LLL, and the precision requirements that make the method reliable.
Computing the characteristic polynomial via Hessenberg reduction, and its role in producing minimal polynomials of algebraic numbers.
Algebraic numbers and integers, minimal polynomials, number fields as finite extensions of Q, real and complex embeddings, the signature, and the primitive element theorem.