scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1145785

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The polynomials \(P_n(X)=(X+1)^n-X^n-1\) were considered by Cauchy, who noticed in 1839 that \(P_n(X)\) has the cyclotomic factors \(X\), \((X+1)^{\varepsilon_n}\) and \((X^2+X+1)^{e_n}\) with \(0\leq\varepsilon_n\leq 1\) and \(0\leq e_n\leq 2\). Call \(E_n\) the quotient of \(P_n\) by these factors. Mirimanoff studied \(E_n\) for prime \(n\) in 1903 and conjectured that it is irreducible over the integers. The author studies the Galois group of \(E_n\) over the rationals. He proves several criteria which imply the irreducibility of \(E_n\). In the case \(n=2p\), where \(p\) is prime, his results imply that \(E_n\) is irreducible, a result obtained earlier by Filaseta.











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