What Generates the Ideal in Q[X] with Polynomials x^2+1 and x^6+x^3+x+1?

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Consider the ideal I of Q[x] generated by the two polynomials f = x^2+1 and g=x^6+x^3+x+1

a) find h in Q[x] such that I=<h>
b) find two polynomials s, t in Q[x] such that h=sf+tg
 
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Have you even given this problem a shot? It's fairly easy.
Consider the ideal I of Z generated by 12 and 20. Do you know how to find a single number x that generates I? If you can't do this, you won't be able to do this problem either.
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...
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