Student solutions for Assignment #6

Problem 3

Let $ k $ be a field of characteristic zero. Assume that every polynomial in $ k[X] $ of odd degree and every polynomial in $ k[X] $ of degree two has a root in $ k $. Show that $ k $ is algebraically closed.


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