x8+ax5+b=0

Simplest examples of irreducible and solvable by radicals octic trinomials, x8+ax5+b, where a and b are integers. Checked range: |a|, |b| ≤ 7,900,000. Excluded trivial cases where a or b are equal zero.

Basic notes:

- if x8+ax5+b=0 is solvable then x8-ax5+b=0 is too. More generally x8+ax5+b=0 is solvable if and only if x8+ac3x5+bc8=0 is solvable (c is non-zero rational number).

- if x8+ax5+b=0 is solvable then x8+(a/b)x3+(1/b)=0 is too. And in more general: x8+(ac5/b)x3+(c8/b)=0

a

4

b

8

Galois group

8T47