Do there exist two finite extensions of Q, L=Q(α) and K=Q(β) such that L∩K=Q, the minimal polynomial μα(X)∈Q[X] of α over Q is not irreducible over K, but the factorization of μα(X) over K has no linear factors ?
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Answer
I think this works. Let f be an A4-quartic, let α and γ be two of its zeros in a splitting field M, let β=α+γ. Note that L has degree 4 over the rationals, and the Galois group of M/L is cyclic of order 3, while K has degree 6 over the rationals (as β has 6 distinct conjugates over the rationals), and the group of M/K is cyclic of order 2. If L∩K had any nonrational elements, they would have to be of degree 2 over the rationals, but M has no subfield of degree 2 over the rationals, since A4 has no subgroup of index 2. Also, μα can't be irreducible over K, since it has degree 4, but M/K(α) only has degree 2. And μα can't have any zeros in K, since K would then be a field of degree 6 containing a subfield of degree 4.
I hope someone will check this.
EDIT: A simpler example. Let α=4√2,β=(1+i)4√2. Then μα(x)=x4−2, both K and L are subfields of the splitting field M of μα, both have degree 4 over the rationals and index 2 in M. L∩K is the rationals, and μα factors over K as (x2−(1+i)4√2x+i√2)(x2+(1+i)4√2x+i√2)
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