Galois group of x^3-3x+3

[@jyotiprakashchowdhury7252]

A short introduction to Galois Group will be highly appreciated

[@shortstoriesglenrose4382]

For such a small example it doesn't matter, but generally speaking transitivity is a weaker property for a group action than the existence of an n-cycle. A simple example is A_4, which certainly crops up as the Galois group for various quartics.

[@coconutmath4928]

Yes that's true... transitivity only guarantees a p-cycle when p is prime.

[@cmilkau]

you need to calculate f *AT* the critical points (and ±∞), not around them, in order to determine the graph shape of the polynomial ...

[@coconutmath4928]

Yes, there are some details missing from that part of the video... hopefully it is still helpful :O

[@meiliyinhua7486]

When testing for where it crosses the x axis, why not pick the critical points to test? Since we know the left and right infinite limits based on the leading term, all we need to do to test for crossings is find the location of maxima and minima where f(1) = 1 and f(-1) = 5 Meanwhile the testing points chosen do not rule out the possibility of a negative value between 0 and 2 until you combine it with the value of f(1)

[@coconutmath4928]

That is a good point, I forgot to do my first derivative test properly haha. I edited the description with the method you were saying.

[@juliefinkjulesheartmagic1111]

Thanks for another great explanation!

[@vasil_mullin]

Thank you!

[@kelvinella]

Critical point does not imply it’s zero.

[@omargaber3122]

Great thank you❤

[@coconutmath4928]

Of course! I'm glad the video was helpful :)

[@leif1075]

​@coconutmath4928 why do you assume anyone will know what the galois group is? Is this meant for Advanced math ppl? Thanks for sharing.

[@ojas3464]

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