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GALOIS GROUPS OF RECIPROCAL SEXTIC POLYNOMIALS
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- Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society / Volume 109 / Issue 1 / February 2024
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- 27 February 2023, pp. 37-44
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- February 2024
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Let F be a subfield of the complex numbers and
$f(x)=x^6+ax^5+bx^4+cx^3+bx^2+ax+1 \in F[x]$ an irreducible polynomial. We give an elementary characterisation of the Galois group of 
$f(x)$ as a transitive subgroup of 
$S_6$. The method involves determining whether three expressions involving a, b and c are perfect squares in F and whether a related quartic polynomial has a linear factor. As an application, we produce one-parameter families of reciprocal sextic polynomials with a specified Galois group.
