Finding Galois group over Rationals

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I need some help in determining thr Galois group of the splitting field of the polynomial $x^4-2x^3+2x^2+2x+1$. Can I use Sage or Gap for this purpose and how? I am not able to figure this one out.

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You can use Keith's notes to determine the Galois group of any quartic without explicitly computing the roots.

First you can compute the resolvent of the cubic polynomial, which is $x^3 - 2x^2 - 8x$ and it is obviously reducible. Afterwards you can compute the discriminant. It is a bit more tedious process, but after using formulas in the article you should be able to conclude that it is $2304 = 48^2$, so it is a square. Finally using the notes, if $f$ has reducible cubic resolvent and a square discriminant it must have $\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}$ as a Galois group over $\mathbb{Q}$.