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Coprime-degree descent for powers
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Let
L
/
K
have degree
d
with
g
cd
(
d
,
n
)
=
1
. If
a
=
x
n
∈
K
for some
x
∈
L
, then
a
d
=
N
L
/
K
(
x
)
n
.
(38)
Choosing
r
,
s
∈
Z
with
r
d
+
s
n
=
1
gives
a
=
(
N
L
/
K
(
x
)
r
a
s
)
n
,
(39)
so
a
was already an
n
th power in
K
.
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