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Think I might be stumped on this problem.  I was thinking to show that Eisenstein fails when n isn't prime, but I'm not sure how to do that.
 
Think I might be stumped on this problem.  I was thinking to show that Eisenstein fails when n isn't prime, but I'm not sure how to do that.
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something by using the counter...?

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  • Show that $ Phi_n(x) $ is reducible if $ n $ is not prime.

Think I might be stumped on this problem. I was thinking to show that Eisenstein fails when n isn't prime, but I'm not sure how to do that. ---

something by using the counter...?

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