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Theorem 3.3. The following conditions on a field \( \mathrm{F} \) are equivalent.\n\n(i) Every nonconstant polynomial \( \mathrm{f} \in \mathrm{F}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) has a root in \( \mathrm{F} \) ;\n\n(ii) every nonconstant polynomial \( \mathrm{f}\varepsilon \mathrm{F}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right...
PROOF. Exercise; see Section III. 6 and Theorems 1.6, 1.10, 1.12 and 1.13.
No
Theorem 3.4. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \), then the following conditions are equivalent.\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{F} \) is algebraic over \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{F} \) is algebraically closed;\n\n(ii) \( \mathrm{F} \) is a splitting field over \( \mathrm{K} \) of the set of all [irredu...
PROOF. Exercise; also see Exercises 9, 10.
No
Corollary 3.7. If \( \mathrm{K} \) is a field and \( \mathrm{S} \) a set of polynomials (of positive degree) in \( \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) , then there exists a splitting field of \( \mathbf{S} \) over \( \mathbf{K} \) .
PROOF. Exercise.
No
Corollary 3.9. Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field and \( \mathrm{S} \) a set of polynomials (of positive degree) in \( \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) . Then any two splitting fields of \( \mathrm{S} \) over \( \mathrm{K} \) are \( \mathrm{K} \) -isomorphic. In particular, any two algebraic closures of \...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Apply Theorem 3.8 with \( \sigma = {1}_{K} \) . The last statement is then an immediate consequence of Theorem 3.4(ii).
No
Theorem 3.12. (Generalized Fundamental Theorem) If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an algebraic Galois extension field of \( \mathbf{K} \), then there is a one-to-one correspondence between the set of all intermediate fields of the extension and the set of all closed subgroups of the Galois group \( {\operatorname{Aut}}_{\mathrm{K...
PROOF OF 3.12. In view of Theorem 2.7 we need only show that every intermediate field \( E \) is closed in order to establish the one-to-one correspondence. By Theorem 3.11 \( F \) is the splitting field over \( K \) of a set \( T \) of separable polynomials. Therefore, \( F \) is also a splitting field of \( T \) over...
Yes
Theorem 3.14. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an algebraic extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \), then the following statements are equivalent.\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{F} \) is normal over \( \mathrm{K} \) ;\n\n(ii) \( \mathrm{F} \) is a splitting field over \( \mathrm{K} \) of some set of polynomials in \( \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \math...
PROOF OF 3.14. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) \( F \) is a splitting field over \( K \) of \( \left\{ {{f}_{i} \in K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \mid i \in I}\right\} \) , where \( \left\{ {{u}_{i} \mid i \in I}\right\} \) is a basis of \( F \) over \( K \) and \( {f}_{i} \) is the irreducible polynomial of \( {u}_{i} \) .\...
Yes
Corollary 3.15. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an algebraic extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) . Then \( \mathrm{F} \) is Galois over \( \mathrm{K} \) if and only if \( \mathrm{F} \) is normal and separable over \( \mathrm{K} \) . If char \( \mathrm{K} = 0 \), then \( \mathrm{F} \) is Galois over \( \mathrm{K} \) if and only...
PROOF. Exercise; use Theorems 3.11 and 3.14.
No
Theorem 3.16. If \( \mathrm{E} \) is an algebraic extension field of \( \mathbf{K} \), then there exists an extension field \( \mathrm{F} \) of \( \mathrm{E} \) such that\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{F} \) is normal over \( \mathrm{K} \) ;\n\n(ii) no proper subfield of \( \mathrm{F} \) containing \( \mathrm{E} \) is normal over \...
PROOF OF 3.16. (i) Let \( X = \left\{ {{u}_{i} \mid {i\varepsilon I}}\right\} \) be a basis of \( E \) over \( K \) and let \( {f}_{i} \in K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) be the irreducible polynomial of \( {u}_{i} \) . If \( F \) is a splitting field of \( S = \left\{ {{f}_{i} \mid i \in I}\right\} \) over \( E \), th...
Yes
Lemma 3.17. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a finite dimensional separable extension of an infinite field \( \mathbf{K} \) , then \( \mathrm{F} = \mathrm{K}\left( \mathrm{u}\right) \) for some \( \mathrm{u}\varepsilon \mathrm{F} \) .
SKETCH OF PROOF. By Theorem 3.16 there is a finite dimensional Galois extension field \( {F}_{1} \) of \( K \) that contains \( F \) . The Fundamental Theorem 2.5 implies that \( {\text{Aut}}_{K}{F}_{1} \) is finite and that the extension of \( K \) by \( {F}_{1} \) has only finitely many intermediate fields. Therefore...
No
Lemma 3.18. There are no extension fields of dimension 2 over the field of complex numbers.
SKETCH OF PROOF. It is easy to see that any extension field \( F \) of dimension 2 over \( \mathbf{C} \) would necessarily be of the form \( F = \mathbf{C}\left( u\right) \) for any \( {u\varepsilon F} - \mathbf{C} \) . By Theorem \( {1.6u} \) would be the root of an irreducible monic polynomial \( {f\varepsilon }\math...
No
Corollary 3.20. Every proper algebraic extension field of the field of real numbers is isomorphic to the field of complex numbers.
PROOF. If \( F \) is an algebraic extension of \( \mathbf{R} \) and \( u \in F - \mathbf{R} \) has irreducible polynomial \( {f\varepsilon R}\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) of degree greater than one, then \( f \) splits over \( \mathbf{C} \) by Theorem 3.19. If \( v \in \mathbf{C} \) is a root of \( f \), then by Corol...
Yes
Theorem 4.2. Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field and \( \mathrm{f} \in \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) a polynomial with Galois group \( \mathrm{G} \). (i) \( \mathrm{G} \) is isomorphic to a subgroup of some symmetric group \( {\mathrm{S}}_{\mathrm{n}} \). (ii) If \( \mathrm{f} \) is (irreducible) separa...
SKETCH OF PROOF. (i) If \( {u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n} \) are the distinct roots of \( f \) in some splitting field \( F\left( {1 \leq n \leq \deg f}\right) \), then Theorem 2.2 implies that every \( \sigma \) e \( {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}F \) induces a unique permutation of \( \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) ...
Yes
Corollary 4.3. Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field and \( \mathrm{f} \in \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) an irreducible polynomial of degree 2 with Galois group \( \mathrm{G} \) . If \( \mathrm{f} \) is separable (as is always the case when char \( \mathrm{K} \neq 2 \) ), then \( \mathrm{G} \cong {\mathrm...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Note that \( {S}_{2} = {Z}_{2} \) . Use Remark (ii) after Definition 3.10 and Theorem 4.2.
No
Proposition 4.5. Let \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{f},\mathrm{F} \) and \( \Delta \) be as in Definition 4.4.\n\n(i) The discriminant \( {\Delta }^{2} \) of \( \mathrm{f} \) actually lies in \( \mathrm{K} \) .
SKETCH OF PROOF. For (ii) see the proof of Theorem I.6.7. Assuming (ii) note that for every \( \sigma \in {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}F,\sigma \left( {\Delta }^{2}\right) = \sigma {\left( \Delta \right) }^{2} = {\left( \pm \Delta \right) }^{2} = {\Delta }^{2} \) . Therefore, \( {\Delta }^{2} \in K \) since \( F \) is Galoi...
No
Corollary 4.6. Let \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{f},\mathrm{F},\Delta \) be as in Definition 4.4 (so that \( \mathrm{F} \) is Galois over \( \mathrm{K} \) ) and consider \( \mathrm{G} = {Au}{t}_{\mathrm{K}}\mathrm{F} \) as a subgroup of \( {\mathrm{S}}_{\mathrm{n}} \) . In the Galois correspondence (Theorem 2.5) the subfield \...
PROOF. Exercise.
No
Corollary 4.7. Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field and \( \mathrm{f}\varepsilon \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) an (irreducible) separable polynomial of degree 3 . The Galois group of \( \mathrm{f} \) is either \( {\mathrm{S}}_{3} \) or \( {\mathrm{A}}_{3} \) . If char \( \mathrm{K} \neq 2 \), it is \( {\...
PROOF. Exercise; use Theorem 4.2 and Corollary 4.6.
No
Proposition 4.8. Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field with char \( \mathrm{K} \neq 2,3 \) . If \( \mathrm{f}\left( \mathrm{x}\right) = {\mathrm{x}}^{3} + \mathrm{b}{\mathrm{x}}^{2} + \mathrm{{cx}} + \) \( \mathrm{d} \in \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) has three distinct roots in some splitting field, then ...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( F \) be a splitting field of \( f \) over \( K \) and verify that \( u : F \) is a root of \( f \) if and only if \( u + b/3 \) is a root of \( g = f\left( {x - b/3}\right) \) . This implies that \( g \) has the same discriminant as \( f \) . Verify that \( g \) has the form \( {x}^{3} + {px} + ...
No
Lemma 4.9. Let \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{f},\mathrm{F},{\mathrm{u}}_{\mathrm{i}},\mathrm{V} \), and \( \mathrm{G} = {Au}{t}_{\mathrm{K}}\mathrm{F} < {\mathrm{S}}_{4} \) be as in the preceding paragraph. If \( \alpha = {\mathrm{u}}_{1}{\mathrm{u}}_{2} + {\mathrm{u}}_{3}{\mathrm{u}}_{4},\beta = {\mathrm{u}}_{1}{\mathrm{u}}_{...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Clearly every element in \( G \cap V \) fixes \( \alpha ,\beta ,\gamma \) and hence \( K\left( {\alpha ,\beta ,\gamma }\right) \) . In order to complete the proof it suffices, in view of the Fundamental Theorem, to show that every element of \( G \) not in \( V \) moves at least one of \( \alpha ,\beta...
No
Lemma 4.10. If \( \mathrm{K} \) is a field and \( \mathrm{f} = {\mathrm{x}}^{4} + {\mathrm{{bx}}}^{3} + {\mathrm{{cx}}}^{2} + \mathrm{{dx}} + \mathrm{e} \in \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \), then the resolvant cubic of \( \mathrm{f} \) is the polynomial \( {\mathrm{x}}^{3} - {\mathrm{{cx}}}^{2} + \left...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( f \) have roots \( {u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{4} \) in some splitting field \( F \) . Then use the fact that \( f = \left( {x - {u}_{1}}\right) \left( {x - {u}_{2}}\right) \left( {x - {u}_{3}}\right) \left( {x - {u}_{4}}\right) \) to express \( b, c, d, e \) in terms of the \( {u}_{i} \) . Expand the ...
No
Theorem 4.12. If \( \mathrm{p} \) is prime and \( \mathrm{f} \) is an irreducible polynomial of degree \( \mathrm{p} \) over the field of rational numbers which has precisely two nonreal roots in the field of complex numbers, then the Galois group of \( \mathrm{f} \) is (isomorphic to) \( {\mathrm{S}}_{\mathrm{p}} \) .
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( G \) be the Galois group of \( f \) considered as a subgroup of \( {S}_{p} \) . Since \( p\left| \right| G \mid \) (Theorem 4.2), \( G \) contains an element \( \sigma \) of order \( p \) by Cauchy’s Theorem II.5.2. \( \sigma \) is a \( p \) -cycle by Corollary I.6.4. Now complex conjugation \( ...
No
Theorem 5.1. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be a field and let \( \mathrm{P} \) be the intersection of all subfields of \( \mathrm{F} \) . Then \( \mathrm{P} \) is a field with no proper subfields. If char \( \mathrm{F} = \mathrm{p} \) (prime), then \( \mathrm{P} \cong {\mathbf{Z}}_{\mathrm{p}} \) . If char \( \mathrm{F} = 0 \) ...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 5.1. Note that every subfield of \( F \) must contain 0 and \( {1}_{F} \) . It follows readily that \( P \) is a field that has no proper subfields. Clearly \( P \) contains all elements of the form \( m{1}_{F}\left( {m \in \mathbf{Z}}\right) \) . To complete the proof one may either show directly th...
Yes
Corollary 5.2. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a finite field, then char \( \mathrm{F} = \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) for some prime \( \mathrm{p} \) and \( \left| \mathrm{F}\right| = {\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{n}} \) for some integer \( \mathrm{n} \geq 1 \) .
PROOF. Theorem III.1.9 and Theorem 5.1 imply that \( F \) has prime characteristic \( p \neq 0 \) . Since \( F \) is a finite dimensional vector space over its prime subfield \( {Z}_{p}, F \cong {Z}_{p} \oplus \cdots \oplus {Z}_{p} \) ( \( n \) summands) by Theorem IV.2.4 and hence \( \left| F\right| = {p}^{n} \) .
Yes
Theorem 5.3. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a field and \( \mathrm{G} \) is a finite subgroup of the multiplicative group of nonzero elements of \( \mathrm{F} \), then \( \mathrm{G} \) is a cyclic group. In particular, the multiplicative group of all nonzero elements of a finite field is cyclic.
PROOF. If \( G\left( { \neq 1}\right) \) is a finite abelian group, \( G \cong {Z}_{{m}_{1}} \oplus {Z}_{{m}_{2}} \oplus \cdots \oplus {Z}_{{m}_{k}} \) where \( {m}_{1} > 1 \) and \( {m}_{1}\left| {m}_{2}\right| \cdots \mid {m}_{k} \) by Theorem II.2.1. Since \( {m}_{k}\left( {\sum {Z}_{{m}_{i}}}\right) = 0 \), it foll...
Yes
Corollary 5.4. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a finite field, then \( \mathrm{F} \) is a simple extension of its prime subfield \( {\mathrm{Z}}_{\mathrm{p}} \) ; that is, \( \mathrm{F} = {\mathrm{Z}}_{\mathrm{p}}\left( \mathrm{u}\right) \) for some \( \mathrm{u} \in \mathrm{F} \) .
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( u \) be a generator of the multiplicative group of nonzero elements of \( F \) .
No
Lemma 5.5. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a field of characteristic \( \mathrm{p} \) and \( \mathrm{r} \geq 1 \) is an integer, then the map \( \varphi : \mathrm{F} \rightarrow \mathrm{F} \) given by \( \mathrm{u} \mapsto {\mathrm{u}}^{\mathrm{{pr}}} \) is a \( {\mathrm{Z}}_{\mathrm{p}} \) -monomorphism of fields. If \( \mathr...
SKETCH OF PROOF. The key fact is that for characteristic \( p,{\left( u \pm v\right) }^{{p}^{r}} \) \( = {u}^{{p}^{r}} \pm {v}^{{p}^{r}} \) for all \( u, v \in F \) (Exercise III.1.11). Since \( {1}_{F} \mapsto {1}_{F},\varphi \) fixes each element in the prime subfield \( {Z}_{p} \) of \( F \) .
No
Proposition 5.6. Let \( \mathrm{p} \) be a prime and \( \mathrm{n} \geq 1 \) an integer. Then \( \mathrm{F} \) is a finite field with \( {\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{n}} \) elements if and only if \( \mathrm{F} \) is a splitting field of \( {\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{{pn}}} - \mathrm{x} \) over \( {\mathrm{Z}}_{\mathrm{p}} \) .
PROOF. If \( \left| F\right| = {p}^{n} \), then the multiplicative group of nonzero elements of \( F \) has order \( {p}^{n} - 1 \) and hence every nonzero \( u \in F \) satisfies \( {u}^{{p}^{n} - 1} = {1}_{F} \) . Thus every nonzero \( u \in F \) is a root of \( {x}^{p - 1} - {1}_{F} \) and therefore a root of \( x\l...
Yes
Corollary 5.7. If \( \mathrm{p} \) is a prime and \( \mathrm{n} \geq 1 \) an integer, then there exists a field with \( {\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{n}} \) elements. Any two finite fields with the same number of elements are isomorphic.
PROOF. Given \( p \) and \( n \), a splitting field \( F \) of \( {x}^{{p}^{n}} - x \) over \( {Z}_{p} \) exists by Theorem 3.2 and has order \( {p}^{n} \) by Proposition 5.6. Since every finite field of order \( {p}^{n} \) is a splitting field of \( {x}^{{p}^{n}} - x \) over \( {Z}_{p} \) by Proposition 5.6, any two s...
Yes
Corollary 5.8. If \( \mathrm{K} \) is a finite field and \( \mathrm{n} \geq 1 \) is an integer, then there exists a simple extension field \( \mathrm{F} = \mathrm{K}\left( \mathrm{u}\right) \) of \( \mathrm{K} \) such that \( \mathrm{F} \) is finite and \( \left\lbrack {\mathrm{F} : \mathrm{K}}\right\rbrack = \mathrm{n...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Given \( K \) of order \( {p}^{r} \) let \( F \) be a splitting field of \( f = {x}^{p\prime n} - x \) over \( K \) . By Proposition 5.6 every \( {u\varepsilon K} \) satisfies \( {u}^{p\prime } = u \) and it follows inductively that \( {u}^{{p}^{rn}} = u \) for all \( u \in K \) . Therefore, \( F \) is...
No
Corollary 5.9. If \( \mathrm{K} \) is a finite field and \( \mathrm{n} \geq 1 \) an integer, then there exists an irreducible polynomial of degree \( \mathrm{n} \) in \( \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) .
PROOF. Exercise; use Corollary 5.8 and Theorem 1.6.
No
Proposition 5.10. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a finite dimensional extension field of a finite field \( \mathbf{K} \), then \( \mathbf{F} \) is finite and is Galois over \( \mathrm{K} \) . The Galois group \( {Au}{t}_{\mathrm{K}}\mathrm{F} \) is cyclic.
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( {Z}_{p} \) be the prime subfield of \( K \) . Then \( F \) is finite dimensional over \( {Z}_{p} \) (Theorem 1.2), say of dimension \( n \), which implies that \( \left| F\right| = {p}^{n} \) . By the proof of Proposition 5.6 and Exercise \( {3.2F} \) is a splitting field over \( {Z}_{p} \) and ...
No
Theorem 6.2. Let \( \\mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \\mathrm{K} \) . Then \( \\mathrm{u}\\varepsilon \\mathrm{F} \) is both separable and purely inseparable over \( \\mathbf{K} \) if and only if \( \\mathbf{u}\\varepsilon \\mathbf{K} \) .
PROOF. The element \( {u\\varepsilon F} \) is separable and purely inseparable over \( K \) if and only if its irreducible polynomial is of the form \( {\\left( x - u\\right) }^{m} \) and has \( m \) distinct roots in some splitting field. Clearly this occurs only when \( m = 1 \) so that \( x - u \\in K\\left\\lbrack ...
Yes
Lemma 6.3. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) with char \( \mathrm{K} = \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) . If \( \mathrm{u} \in \mathrm{F} \) is algebraic over \( \mathrm{K} \), then \( {\mathrm{u}}^{\mathrm{{pn}}} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \) for some \( \mathrm{n} \geq 0 \) .
SKETCH OF PROOF. Use induction on the degree of \( u \) over \( K \) . If \( \deg u = 1 \) or \( u \) is separable, the lemma is true. If \( f \) is the irreducible polynomial of a nonseparable \( u \) of degree greater than one, then \( {f}^{\prime } = 0 \) (Theorem III.6.10), whence \( f \) is a polynomial in \( {x}^...
No
Theorem 6.4. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an algebraic extension field of a field \( \mathrm{K} \) of characteristic \( \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) , then the following statements are equivalent:\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{F} \) is purely inseparable over \( \mathrm{K} \) ;\n\n(ii) the irreducible polynomial of any \( \mathrm{u}\varepsilon ...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 6.4. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) Let \( {\left( x - u\right) }^{m} \) be the irreducible polynomial of \( u \in F \) and let \( m = n{p}^{r} \) with \( \left( {n, p}\right) = 1 \) . Then \( {\left( x - u\right) }^{m} = {\left( x - u\right) }^{{p}^{r}n} \) \( = {\left( {x}^{{p}^{r}} - {u}^{{p}^{r}}\rig...
No
Corollary 6.5. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a finite dimensional purely inseparable extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and char \( \mathrm{K} = \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \), then \( \left\lbrack {\mathrm{F} : \mathrm{K}}\right\rbrack = {\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{n}} \) for some \( \mathrm{n} \geq 0 \) .
PROOF. By Theorem \( {1.11F} = K\left( {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{m}}\right) \) . By hypothesis each \( {u}_{i} \) is purely inseparable over \( K \) and hence over \( K\left( {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{i - 1}}\right) \) as well (Exercise 2). Theorems 1.6 and 6.4 (ii) imply that every step in the tower \( K \subset K\left( {u}_{...
No
Lemma 6.6 If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an extension field of \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{X} \) is a subset of \( \mathrm{F} \) such that \( \mathrm{F} = \mathrm{K}\left( \mathrm{X}\right) \) , and every element of \( \mathrm{X} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \), then \( \mathrm{F} \) is a separable extension of \( \mathrm{K} \...
PROOF. If \( v \in F \), then there exist \( {u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n} \in X \) such that \( v \in K\left( {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right) \) by Theorem 1.3. Let \( {f}_{i}{\varepsilon K}\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) be the irreducible separable polynomial of \( {u}_{i} \) and \( E \) a splitting field of \( \left\{ {{...
Yes
Theorem 6.7. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an algebraic extension field of \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{S} \) the set of all elements of \( \mathrm{F} \) which are separable over \( \mathbf{K} \), and \( \mathbf{P} \) the set of all elements of \( \mathbf{F} \) which are purely inseparable over \( \mathrm{K} \) .\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 6.7. (i) If \( u, v \in S \) and \( v \neq 0 \), then \( K\left( {u, v}\right) \) is separable over \( K \) by Lemma 6.6, which implies that \( u - v, u{v}^{-1}{\varepsilon S} \) . Therefore, \( S \) is a subfield. Lemma 6.3 and Theorem 6.4 imply (ii). (iii) is a routine exercise using Exercise III.1...
No
Corollary 6.8. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a separable extension field of \( \mathrm{E} \) and \( \mathrm{E} \) is a separable extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \), then \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \) .
PROOF. If \( S \) is as in Theorem 6.7, then \( E \subset S \) and \( F \) is purely inseparable over \( S \) . But \( F \) is separable over \( E \) and hence over \( S \) (Exercise 3.12). Therefore, \( F = S \) by Theorem 6.2.
No
Corollary 6.9. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an algebraic extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \), with char \( \mathrm{K} = \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) . If \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \), then \( \mathrm{F} = {\mathrm{{KF}}}^{\mathrm{{pn}}} \) for each \( \mathrm{n} \geq 1 \) . If \( \left\lbrack {\mathrm{F} : \m...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( S \) be as in Theorem 6.7. If \( \left\lbrack {F : K}\right\rbrack \) is finite, then \( F = K\left( {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{m}}\right) = S\left( {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{m}}\right) \) by Theorem 1.11. Since each \( {u}_{i} \) is purely inseparable over \( S \) (Theorem 6.7), there is an \( n \geq 1 ...
Yes
Lemma 6.11. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \mathrm{E},\mathrm{E} \) an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{N} \) a normal extension field of \( \mathbf{K} \) containing \( \mathbf{F} \) . If \( \mathbf{r} \) is the cardinal number of distinct \( \mathbf{E} \) -mono-morphisms \( \mathrm{...
PROOF. For convenience we assume that \( r, t \) are finite. The same proof will work in the general case with only slight modifications of notation. Let \( {\tau }_{1},\ldots ,{\tau }_{r} \) be all the distinct \( E \) -monomorphisms \( F \rightarrow N \) and \( {\sigma }_{1},\ldots ,{\sigma }_{t} \) all the distinct ...
Yes
Proposition 6.12. Let \( \mathbf{F} \) be a finite dimensional extension field of \( \mathbf{K} \) and \( \mathbf{N} \) a normal extersion field of \( \mathrm{K} \) containing \( \mathrm{F} \) . The number of distinct \( \mathrm{K} \) -monomorphisms \( \mathrm{F} \rightarrow \mathrm{N} \) is precisely \( {\left\lbrack ...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( S \) be the maximal subfield of \( F \) separable over \( K \) (Theorem 6.7(i)). Every \( K \) -monomorphism \( S \rightarrow N \) extends to a \( K \) -automorphism of \( N \) (Theorems 3.8 and 3.14 and Exercise 3.2) and hence (by restriction) to a \( K \) -monomorphism \( F \rightarrow N \) . ...
Yes
Corollary 6.13. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an extension field of \( \mathrm{E} \) and \( \mathrm{E} \) is an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \), then\n\n\[{\left\lbrack \mathrm{F} : \mathrm{E}\right\rbrack }_{\mathrm{s}}{\left\lbrack \mathrm{E} : \mathrm{K}\right\rbrack }_{\mathrm{s}} = {\left\lbrack \mathrm{F} : \mathrm{...
PROOF. Exercise; use Lemma 6.11 and Proposition 6.12.
No
Corollary 6.14. Let \( {f\varepsilon K}\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) be an irreducible monic polynomial over a field \( K, F \) a splitting field of \( \mathbf{f} \) over \( \mathbf{K} \) and \( {\mathrm{u}}_{1} \) a root of \( \mathbf{f} \) in \( \mathbf{F} \) . Then\n\n(i) every root of \( \mathrm{f} \) has multipli...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Assume char \( K = p \neq 0 \) since the case char \( K = 0 \) is trivial. (i) For any \( i > 1 \) there is a \( K \) -isomorphism \( \sigma : K\left( {u}_{1}\right) \cong K\left( {u}_{\mathrm{i}}\right) \) with \( \sigma \left( {u}_{1}\right) = {u}_{\mathrm{i}} \) that extends to a \( K \) -isomorphis...
Yes
Proposition 6.15. (Primitive Element Theorem) Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be a finite dimensional extension field of \( \mathbf{K} \) .\n\n(i) If \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \), then \( \mathrm{F} \) is a simple extension of \( \mathrm{K} \).\n\n(ii) (Artin) More generally, \( \mathrm{F} \) is a simple ex...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 6.15. The first paragraph of the proof of Lemma 3.17, which is valid even if the field \( K \) is finite, shows that a separable extension has only finitely many intermediate fields. Thus it suffices to prove (ii). Since (ii) clearly holds if \( K \) is finite (Corollary 5.8), we assume that \( K \) ...
No
Theorem 7.2. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a finite dimensional Galois extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and\n\n\[ \n{Au}{t}_{\mathrm{K}}\mathrm{F} = \\left\\{ {{\\sigma }_{1},\\ldots ,{\\sigma }_{\\mathrm{n}}}\\right\\}\n\]\n\nthen for any \( \\mathrm{u}\\varepsilon \\mathrm{F} \) ,\n\n\[ \n{\\mathrm{N}}_{\\mathrm{K}}{}^{\...
PROOF. Let \( \\bar{K} \) be an algebraic closure of \( K \) which contains \( F \) . Since \( F \) is normal over \( K \) (Corollary 3.15), the \( K \) -monomorphisms \( F \\rightarrow \\bar{K} \) are precisely the elements of \( {\\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}F \) by Theorem 3.14. Since \( F \) is also separable over \( K ...
Yes
Theorem 7.3. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be a finite dimensional extension field of \( \mathbf{K} \) . Then for all \( \mathbf{u},\mathbf{v}\varepsilon \mathbf{F} \) :\n\n(i) \( {\mathrm{N}}_{\mathrm{K}}{}^{\mathrm{F}}\left( \mathrm{u}\right) {\mathrm{N}}_{\mathrm{K}}{}^{\mathrm{F}}\left( \mathrm{v}\right) = {\mathrm{N}}_{\ma...
SKETCH OF PROOF. (i) and (ii) follow directly from Definition 7.1 and the facts that \( r = {\left\lbrack F : K\right\rbrack }_{s} \) and \( {\left\lbrack F : K\right\rbrack }_{s}{\left\lbrack F : K\right\rbrack }_{i} = \left\lbrack {F : K}\right\rbrack \) .\n\n(iii) Let \( E = K\left( u\right) \) . An algebraic closur...
Yes
Lemma 7.5. If \( \mathrm{S} \) is a set of distinct automorphisms of a field \( \mathrm{F} \), then \( \mathrm{S} \) is linearly independent.
PROOF. If \( S \) is not linearly independent then there exist nonzero \( {a}_{i}{\varepsilon F} \) and distinct \( {\sigma }_{i}{\varepsilon S} \) such that\n\n\[ {a}_{1}{\sigma }_{1}\left( u\right) + {a}_{2}{\sigma }_{2}\left( u\right) + \cdots + {a}_{n}{\sigma }_{n}\left( u\right) = 0\text{ for all }{u\varepsilon F}...
No
Proposition 7.7. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be a cyclic extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) of degree \( \mathrm{n} \) and suppose \( \mathrm{n} = {\mathrm{{mp}}}^{\mathrm{t}} \) where \( 0 \neq \mathrm{p} = \) char \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \left( {\mathrm{m},\mathrm{p}}\right) = 1 \) . Then there is a chain of intermediate f...
SKETCH OF PROOF. By hypothesis \( F \) is Galois over \( K \) and \( {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}F \) is cyclic (abelian) so that every subgroup is normal. Recall that every subgroup and quotient group of a cyclic group is cyclic (Theorem I.3.5). Consequently, the Fundamental Theorem 2.5(ii) implies that for any intermedia...
Yes
Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field of characteristic \( \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) . \( \mathrm{F} \) is a cyclic extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) of degree \( \mathrm{p} \) if and only if \( \mathrm{F} \) is a splitting field over \( \mathrm{K} \) of an irreducible polynomial of the form \( {\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{p}} - \math...
PROOF. \( \left( \Rightarrow \right) \) If \( \sigma \) is a generator of the cyclic group \( {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}F \), then\n\n\[ \n{\mathrm{T}}_{K}{}^{F}\left( {1}_{K}\right) = \left\lbrack {F : K}\right\rbrack {1}_{K} = p{1}_{K} = 0 \n\] \n\nby Theorem 7.3(ii), whence \( {1}_{K} = v - \sigma \left( v\right) \) f...
Yes
Corollary 7.9. If \( \mathrm{K} \) is a field of characteristic \( \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) and \( {\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{p}} - \mathrm{x} - \mathrm{a}\varepsilon \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \), then \( {\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{p}} - \mathrm{x} - \mathrm{a} \) is either irreducible or splits in \( \mathrm{K}...
PROOF. We use the notation of Proposition 7.8. In view of the last paragraph of that proof it suffices to prove that if \( {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}F \cong \operatorname{Im}\theta = {Z}_{p} \), then \( {x}^{p} - x - a \) is irreducible. If \( u \) and \( v = u + i\left( {{i\varepsilon }{Z}_{p} \subset K}\right) \) are r...
Yes
Lemma 1.10. Let \( \mathrm{n} \) be a positive integer and \( \mathrm{K} \) a field which contains a primitive \( \mathrm{n} \) th root of unity \( \zeta \) . (i) If \( \mathrm{d} \mid \mathrm{n} \), then \( {\zeta }^{\mathrm{n}/\mathrm{d}} = \eta \) is a primitive \( \mathrm{d} \) th root of unity in \( \mathrm{K} \) ...
PROOF. (i) \( \zeta \) generates a multiplicative cyclic group of order \( n \) by definition. If \( d \mid n \), then \( \eta = {\zeta }^{n/d} \) has order \( d \) by Theorem I.3.4, whence \( \eta \) is a primitive \( d \) th root of unity. (ii) If \( u \) is a root of \( {x}^{d} - a \), then so is \( {\eta }^{i}u \) ...
Yes
Theorem 7.11. Let \( \mathrm{n} \) be a positive integer and \( \mathrm{K} \) a field which contains a primitive nth root of unity \( \zeta \) . Then the following conditions on an extension field \( \mathbf{F} \) of \( \mathbf{K} \) are equivalent.\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{F} \) is cyclic of degree \( \mathrm{d} \), where \(...
PROOF. (ii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i) Lemma 7.10 shows that \( F = K\left( u\right) \) and \( F \) is Galois over \( K \) for any root \( u \) of \( {x}^{n} - a \) . If \( \sigma \in {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}F = {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}K\left( u\right) \), then \( \sigma \) is completely determined by \( \sigma \left( u\rig...
Yes
Theorem 8.1. Let \( \mathrm{n} \) be a positive integer, \( K \) a field such that char \( \mathrm{K} \) does not divide \( \mathrm{n} \) and \( \mathrm{F} \) a cyclotomic extension of \( \mathrm{K} \) of order \( \mathrm{n} \) .\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{F} = \mathrm{K}\left( \zeta \right) \), where \( {\zeta \varepsilon }\ma...
REMARKS. Recall that an abelian extension is an algebraic Galois extension whose Galois group is abelian. The dimension of \( F \) over \( K \) may be strictly less than \( \varphi \left( n\right) \) . For example, if \( \zeta \) is a primitive 5th root of unity in \( \mathbf{C} \), then \( \mathbf{R} \subset \mathbf{R...
Yes
Lemma 9.3. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a radical extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{N} \) is a normal closure of \( \mathrm{F} \) over \( \mathrm{K} \) (Theorem 3.16), then \( \mathrm{N} \) is a radical extension of \( \mathrm{K} \) .
SKETCH OF PROOF. The proof consists of combining two facts. (i) If \( F \) is any finite dimensional extension of \( K \) (not necessarily radical) and \( N \) is the normal closure of \( F \) over \( K \), then \( N \) is the composite field \( {E}_{1}{E}_{2}\cdots {E}_{r} \), where each \( {E}_{i} \) is a subfield of...
Yes
Theorem 9.4. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a radical extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{E} \) is an intermediate field, then \( {Au}{t}_{\mathrm{K}}\mathrm{E} \) is a solvable group.
PROOF. If \( {K}_{0} \) is the fixed field of \( E \) relative to the group \( {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}E \), then \( E \) is Galois over \( {K}_{0},{\operatorname{Aut}}_{{K}_{0}}E = {\operatorname{Aut}}_{K}E \) and \( F \) is a radical extension of \( {K}_{0} \) (Exercise 1). Thus we may assume to begin with that \( E ...
No
Corollary 9.5. Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field and \( \mathrm{f} \varepsilon \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) . If the equation \( \mathrm{f}\left( \mathrm{x}\right) = 0 \) is solvable by radicals, then the Galois group of \( \mathrm{f} \) is a solvable group.
PROOF. Immediate from Theorem 9.4 and Definition 9.2.
No
Corollary 9.7. Let \( \mathrm{K} \) be a field and \( \mathrm{f}\varepsilon \mathrm{K}\left\lbrack \mathrm{x}\right\rbrack \) a polynomial of degree \( \mathrm{n} > 0 \), where char \( \mathrm{K} \) does not divide \( \mathrm{n} \) ! (which is always true when char \( \mathrm{K} = 0 \) ). Then the equation \( f\left( x...
SKETCH OF PROOF. ( \( \Leftarrow \) ) Let \( E \) be a splitting field of \( f \) over \( K \) . In view of Proposition 9.6 we need only show that \( E \) is Galois over \( K \) and char \( K \nmid \left\lbrack {E : K}\right\rbrack \) . Since char \( K \nmid n \) ! the irreducible factors of \( f \) are separable by Th...
No
Theorem 1.2. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \left\{ {{\mathrm{s}}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathrm{s}}_{\mathrm{n}}}\right\} \) a subset of \( \mathrm{F} \) which is algebraically independent over \( \mathrm{K} \) . Then there is \( \mathrm{K} \) -isomorphism \( \mathrm{K}\left( {{\mathrm{s}}...
SKETCH OF PROOF. The assignment \( {x}_{i} \mapsto {s}_{i} \) defines a \( K \) -epimorphism of rings \( \theta : K\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \rightarrow K\left\lbrack {{s}_{1},\ldots ,{s}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) by Theorems III.5.5 and V.1.3. The algebraic independence of \( \left\{ {{s}_{1},\ldo...
Yes
For \( \mathrm{i} = 1,2 \) let \( {\mathrm{F}}_{\mathrm{i}} \) be an extension field of \( {\mathrm{K}}_{\mathrm{i}} \) and \( {\mathrm{S}}_{\mathrm{i}} \subset {\mathrm{F}}_{\mathrm{i}} \) with \( {\mathrm{S}}_{\mathrm{i}} \) algebraically independent over \( {\mathrm{K}}_{\mathrm{i}} \) . If \( \varphi : {\mathrm{S}}...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 1.3. For each \( n \geq {1\sigma } \) induces a monomorphism of rings \( {K}_{1}\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \rightarrow {K}_{2}\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) (also denoted \( \sigma \) ; see p. 235). Every element of\n\n\( {K}_{1}\left( {S}_{1}\right) \...
Yes
Theorem 1.5. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \mathbf{K},\mathrm{S} \) a subset of \( \mathrm{F} \) algebraically independent over \( \mathrm{K} \), and \( \mathrm{u}\varepsilon \mathrm{F} - \mathrm{K}\left( \mathrm{S}\right) \) . Then \( \mathrm{S} \cup \{ \mathrm{u}\} \) is algebraically independent o...
PROOF. ( \( \Leftarrow \) ) If there exist distinct \( {s}_{1},\ldots ,{s}_{n - 1}{\varepsilon S} \) and an \( {f\varepsilon K}\left\lbrack {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\rbrack \) such that \( f\left( {{s}_{1},\ldots ,{s}_{n - 1}, u}\right) = 0 \), then \( u \) is a root of \( f\left( {{s}_{1},\ldots ,{s}_{n - 1},{x}...
Yes
Corollary 1.6. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{S} \) a subset of \( \mathrm{F} \) that is algebraically independent over \( \mathbf{K} \). Then \( \mathbf{S} \) is a transcendence base of \( \mathbf{F} \) over \( \mathbf{K} \) if and only if \( \mathbf{F} \) is algebraic ov...
PROOF. Exercise.
No
Corollary 1.7. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{F} \) is algebraic over \( \mathrm{K}\left( \mathrm{X}\right) \) for some subset \( \mathrm{X} \) of \( \mathrm{F} \) (in particular, if \( \mathrm{F} = \mathrm{K}\left( \mathrm{X}\right) \) ), then \( \mathrm{X} \) contains a t...
PROOF. Let \( S \) be a maximal algebraically independent subset of \( X \) ( \( S \) exists by a routine Zorn’s Lemma argument). Then every \( {u\varepsilon X} - S \) is algebraic over \( K\left( S\right) \) by Theorem 1.5, whence \( K\left( X\right) \) is algebraic over \( K\left( S\right) \) by Theorem V.1.12. Conse...
Yes
Theorem 1.8. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \). If \( \mathrm{S} \) is a finite transcendence base of \( \mathrm{F} \) over \( \mathrm{K} \), then every transcendence base of \( \mathrm{F} \) over \( \mathrm{K} \) has the same number of elements as \( \mathrm{S} \).
SKETCH OF PROOF. Let \( S = \left\{ {{s}_{1},\ldots ,{s}_{n}}\right\} \) and let \( T \) be any transcendence base. We claim that some \( {t}_{1}{\varepsilon T} \) is transcendental over \( K\left( {{s}_{2},\ldots ,{s}_{n}}\right) \). Otherwise every element of \( T \) is algebraic over \( K\left( {{s}_{2},\ldots ,{s}_...
Yes
Theorem 1.12. Let \( {\mathrm{F}}_{1} \) [resp. \( {\mathrm{F}}_{2} \) ] be an algebraically closed field extension of a field \( {\mathrm{K}}_{1} \) [resp. \( {\mathrm{K}}_{2} \) ]. If tr.d. \( {\mathrm{F}}_{1}/{\mathrm{K}}_{1} = \) tr.d. \( {\mathrm{F}}_{2}/{\mathrm{K}}_{2} \), then every isomorphism of fields \( {\m...
PROOF. Let \( {S}_{i} \) be a transcendence base of \( {F}_{i} \) over \( {K}_{i} \) . Since \( \left| {S}_{1}\right| = \left| {S}_{2}\right| \) , \( \sigma : {K}_{1} \cong {K}_{2} \) extends to an isomorphism \( \bar{\sigma } : {K}_{1}\left( {S}_{1}\right) \cong {K}_{2}\left( {S}_{2}\right) \) by Corollary 1.3. \( {F}...
Yes
Theorem 2.2. Let \( \mathrm{C} \) be an algebraically closed field with subfields \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{E},\mathrm{F} \) such that \( \mathrm{K} \subset \mathrm{E} \cap \mathrm{F} \) . Then \( \mathrm{E} \) and \( \mathrm{F} \) are linearly disjoint over \( \mathrm{K} \) if and only if \( \mathrm{F} \) and \( \mathrm{E...
PROOF. It suffices to assume \( E \) and \( F \) linearly disjoint and show that \( F \) and \( E \) are linearly disjoint. Suppose \( X \subset F \) is linearly independent over \( K \), but not over \( E \) so that \( {r}_{1}{u}_{1} + \cdots + {r}_{n}{u}_{n} = 0 \) for some \( {u}_{i}{\varepsilon X} \) and \( {r}_{i}...
Yes
Lemma 2.3. Let \( \mathrm{C} \) be an algebraically closed field with subfields \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{E},\mathrm{F} \) such that \( \mathrm{K} \subset \mathrm{E} \cap F \) . Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a subring of \( \mathrm{E} \) such that \( \mathrm{K}\left( \mathrm{R}\right) = E \) and \( \mathrm{K} \subset \mathrm{R} ...
PROOF OF 2.3. (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (ii) and (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (iii) are trivial. (ii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i) Let \( X = \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) be a finite subset of \( E \) which is linearly independent over \( K \) . We must show that \( X \) is linearly independent over \( F \) . Since \( {u...
Yes
Theorem 2.4. Let \( \mathrm{C} \) be an algebraically closed field with subfields \( \mathrm{K},\mathrm{E},\mathrm{L},\mathrm{F} \) such that \( \mathrm{K} \subset \mathrm{E} \) and \( \mathrm{K} \subset \mathrm{L} \subset \mathrm{F} \) . Then \( \mathrm{E} \) and \( \mathrm{F} \) are linearly disjoint over \( \mathrm{...
\n![a635b0ec-463f-4a06-bfab-0631c5cb2124_339_0.jpg](images/a635b0ec-463f-4a06-bfab-0631c5cb2124_339_0.jpg)\n\n\( \left( \Leftarrow \right) \) If a subset \( X \) of \( E \) is linearly independent over \( K \), then \( X \) is linearly independent over \( L \) by (i). Therefore (since \( X \subset E \subset {EL} \) ), ...
Yes
Lemma 2.6. If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) of characteristic \( \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) and \( \mathrm{C} \) is an algebraically closed field containing \( \mathrm{F} \), then for any \( \mathrm{n} \geq 0 \) a subset \( \mathrm{X} \) of \( \mathrm{F} \) is linearly independent over \( {\mathr...
SKETCH OF PROOF. Every \( a \in K \) is of the form \( a = {v}^{{p}^{n}} \) for some \( v \in {K}^{1/{p}^{n}} \) (Exercise 5). For the first statement note that \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{i}{a}_{i}{u}_{i}{}^{{p}^{n}} = 0\left( {{a}_{i} \in K;{u}_{i} \in X}\right) \Leftrightarrow \) \( \mathop{\sum }\limits_{i}{v}_{i}{}^...
No
Theorem 2.7. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be a field contained in an algebraically closed field \( \mathrm{C} \) . If \( \mathrm{F} \) is a purely transcendental extension of a field \( \mathrm{K} \) of characteristic \( \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \), then \( \mathrm{F} \) and \( {\mathbf{K}}^{1/\mathbf{{pn}}} \) are linearly disjoint ...
PROOF. Let \( F = K\left( S\right) \) with \( S \) a transcendence base of \( F \) over \( K \) . If \( S = \varnothing \), then \( F = K \) and every linearly independent subset of \( F \) over \( K \) consists of exactly one nonzero element of \( K \) . Such a nonzero singleton is clearly linearly independent over an...
Yes
Theorem 2.8. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an algebraic extension field of a field \( \mathrm{K} \) of characteristic \( \mathrm{p} \neq 0 \) and \( \mathrm{C} \) an algebraically closed field containing \( \mathrm{F} \) . Then \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \) if and only if \( \mathrm{F} \) and \( {\mathr...
PROOF. We shall prove here only that separability implies that \( F \) and \( {K}^{1/p} \) are linearly disjoint. The other half of the proof will be an easy consequence of a result below (see the Remarks after Theorem 2.10). Let \( X = \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) be a finite subset of \( F \) which is...
No
Corollary 2.12. (Mac Lane’s Criterion) If \( \mathrm{F} \) is an extension field of a field \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{F} \) is separably generated over \( \mathrm{K} \), then \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \). Conversely, if \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable and finitely generated over \( \mathrm{K}...
SKETCH OF PROOF. The proof of (iv) \( \Rightarrow \) (iii) \( \Rightarrow \) (i) in Theorem 2.10 is valid here with \( F = E \) since it uses only the fact that \( E \) is separably generated. The last two statements are consequences of the proof of (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (iv) in Theorem 2.10.
No
Corollary 2.13. Let \( \mathrm{F} \) be an extension field of \( \mathrm{K} \) and \( \mathrm{E} \) an intermediate field.\n\n(i) If \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \), then \( \mathrm{E} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{K} \) ;\n\n(ii) if \( \mathrm{F} \) is separable over \( \mathrm{E} \) and \( \math...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 2.13. (ii) Use Theorems 2.4 and 2.10. (iii) If char \( K \) \( = p \neq 0 \), let \( X \) be a subset of \( F \) which is linearly independent over \( E \) . Extend \( X \) to a basis \( U \) of \( F \) over \( E \) and let \( V \) be a basis of \( E \) over \( K \) . The proof of Theorem IV.2.16 sho...
Yes
Theorem 1.1. If \( \mathrm{R} \) is a ring, then the set of all \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{m} \) matrices over \( \mathrm{R} \) forms an \( \mathrm{R} - \mathrm{R} \) bimodule under addition, with the \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{m} \) zero matrix as the additive identity. Multiplication of matrices, when defined, is...
PROOF. Exercise.
No
Theorem 1.2. Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity. Let \( \mathrm{E} \) be a free left \( \mathrm{R} \) -module with a finite basis of \( \mathrm{n} \) elements and \( \mathrm{F} \) a free left \( \mathrm{R} \) -module with a finite basis of \( \mathrm{m} \) elements. Let \( \mathrm{M} \) be the left \( \mathrm...
PROOF. Let \( \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) be a basis of \( E,\left\{ {{v}_{1},\ldots ,{v}_{m}}\right\} \) a basis of \( F \) and \( {f\varepsilon }{\operatorname{Hom}}_{R}\left( {E, F}\right) \) . There are elements \( {r}_{ij} \) of \( R \) such that\n\n\[ f\left( {u}_{1}\right) = {r}_{11}{v}_{1} + {r...
Yes
Theorem 1.3. Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity and let \( \mathrm{E},\mathrm{F},\mathrm{G} \), be free left \( \mathrm{R} \) -modules with finite ordered bases \( \mathrm{U} = \left\{ {{\mathrm{u}}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathrm{u}}_{\mathrm{n}}}\right\} ,\mathrm{V} = \left\{ {{\mathrm{v}}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathrm{v}}_{\m...
PROOF. If \( A = \left( {r}_{ij}\right) \) and \( B = \left( {s}_{kj}\right) \), then for each \( i = 1,2,\ldots, n \)\n\n\[ \n{gf}\left( {u}_{i}\right) = g\left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{m}{r}_{ik}{v}_{k}}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{m}{r}_{ik}g\left( {v}_{k}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k =...
Yes
Theorem 1.4. Let \( \\mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity and \( \\mathrm{E} \) a free left \( \\mathrm{R} \) -module with a finite basis of \( \\mathrm{n} \) elements. Then there is an isomorphism of rings:\n\n\[ \n{\\operatorname{Hom}}_{\\mathrm{R}}\\left( {\\mathrm{E},\\mathrm{E}}\\right) \\cong {\\operatorname{Mat...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 1.4. Let \( \\phi : {\\operatorname{Hom}}_{R}\\left( {E, E}\\right) \\rightarrow {\\operatorname{Mat}}_{n}R \) be the anti-isomorphism that assigns to each map \( f \) its matrix relative to the given basis. Verify that the map \( \\psi : {\\operatorname{Mat}}_{n}R \\rightarrow {\\operatorname{Mat}}_...
No
Lemma 1.5. Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity and \( \mathrm{E},\mathrm{F} \) free left \( \mathrm{R} \) -modules with ordered bases \( \mathrm{U},\mathrm{V} \) respectively such that \( \left| \mathrm{U}\right| = \mathrm{n} = \left| \mathrm{V}\right| \) . Let \( \mathrm{A}\varepsilon {\operatorname{Mat}}_{\m...
SKETCH OF PROOF. An \( R \) -module homomorphism \( f : E \rightarrow F \) is an isomorphism if and only if there exists an \( R \) -module homomorphism \( {f}^{-1} : F \rightarrow E \) such that \( {f}^{-1}f = {1}_{E} \) and \( f{f}^{-1} = {1}_{F} \) (see Theorem I.2.3). Suppose \( f \) is an isomorphism with matrix \...
No
Theorem 1.6. Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity. Let \( \mathrm{E} \) and \( \mathrm{F} \) be free left \( \mathrm{R} \) -modules with finite ordered bases \( \mathrm{U} \) and \( \mathrm{V} \) respectively such that \( \left| \mathrm{U}\right| = \mathrm{n},\left| \mathrm{V}\right| = \mathrm{m} \) . Let \( \m...
PROOF. ( \( \Rightarrow \) ) If \( B \) is the \( n \times m \) matrix of \( f \) relative to the bases \( {U}^{\prime } \) of \( E \) and \( {V}^{\prime } \) of \( F \), then \( \left| {U}^{\prime }\right| = n \) and \( \left| {V}^{\prime }\right| = m \) . Let \( P \) be the \( n \times n \) matrix of the identity map...
Yes
Corollary 1.7 Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity and \( \mathrm{E} \) a free left \( \mathrm{R} \) -module with an ordered basis \( \mathrm{U} \) of finite cardinality \( \mathrm{n} \) . Let \( \mathrm{A} \) be the \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n} \) matrix of \( \mathrm{f}\varepsilon {\operatorname{Hom}}_{\ma...
SKETCH OF PROOF. If \( E = F, U = V \), and \( {U}^{\prime } = {V}^{\prime } \) in the proof of Theorem 1.6, then \( Q = {P}^{-1} \) by Lemma 1.5.
No
Theorem 1.9. Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity and \( \mathrm{E},\mathrm{F} \) free right \( \mathrm{R} \) -modules with finite bases \( \mathrm{U} \) and \( \mathrm{V} \) of cardinality \( \mathrm{n} \) and \( \mathrm{m} \) respectively. Let \( \mathrm{N} \) be the right \( \mathrm{R} \) -module of all \( \...
PROOF. Exercise; see Theorems 1.2-1.4. Note that for right modules (iii) is actually an isomorphism rather than an anti-isomorphism.
No
Proposition 1.10. Let \( \mathrm{R} \) be a ring with identity and \( \mathrm{f} : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{F} \) a homomorphism of finitely generated free left \( \mathbf{R} \) -modules. If \( \mathbf{A} \) is the matrix of \( \mathbf{f} \) relative to (ordered) bases \( \mathrm{U} \) and \( \mathrm{V} \), then ...
PROOF OF 1.10. Recall that the dual basis \( {V}^{ * } = \left\{ {{v}_{1}*,\ldots ,{v}_{m} * }\right\} \) of \( {F}^{ * } = {\operatorname{Hom}}_{R}\left( {F, R}\right) \) is determined by:\n\n\[ \n{v}_{i} * \left( {v}_{j}\right) = {\delta }_{ij}\;\text{ (Kronecker delta; }1 \leq i, j \leq m\text{ ),} \n\]\n\nand simil...
Yes
Theorem 2.3. Let \( \mathrm{f} : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{F} \) be a linear transformation of finite dimensional left [resp. right] vector spaces over a division ring D. If \( \mathrm{A} \) is the matrix of \( \mathrm{f} \) relative to some pair of ordered bases, then the rank of \( \mathrm{f} \) is equal to the ...
PROOF OF 2.3. Let \( A \) be the \( n \times m \) [resp. \( m \times n \) ] matrix of \( f \) relative to ordered bases \( U = \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) of \( E \) and \( V = \left\{ {{v}_{1},\ldots ,{v}_{m}}\right\} \) of \( F \) . Then under the usual isomorphism \( F \cong {D}^{m} \) given by \( \...
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Proposition 2.4. Any linear transformation \( \mathrm{f} : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{F} \) of finite dimensional left vector spaces over a division ring \( \mathrm{D} \) has the same rank as its dual map \( \bar{\mathrm{f}} : {\mathrm{F}}^{ * } \rightarrow {\mathrm{E}}^{ * } \) .
PROOF OF 2.4. Let rank \( f = r \) . By Corollary IV.2.14 there is a basis \( X = \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) such that \( \left\{ {{u}_{r + 1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) is a basis of Ker \( f \) and \( {Y}_{1} = \) \( \left\{ {f\left( {u}_{1}\right) ,\ldots, f\left( {u}_{r}\right) }\right\} \) is a ...
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Corollary 2.5. If \( \mathrm{A} \) is an \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{m} \) matrix over a division ring \( \mathrm{D} \), then row rank \( \mathrm{A} = \) column rank \( \mathrm{A} \) .
PROOF. Let \( f : {D}^{n} \rightarrow {D}^{m} \) be a linear transformation of left vector spaces with matrix \( A \) relative to the standard bases. Then the dual map \( \bar{f} \) of right vector spaces also has matrix \( A \) (Proposition 1.10). By Theorem 2.3 and Proposition 2.4 row rank \( A = \operatorname{rank}f...
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Theorem 2.6. Let \( \mathrm{M} \) be the set of all \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{m} \) matrices over a division ring \( \mathrm{D} \) and let A, B ε M.\n\n(i) \( \mathrm{A} \) is equivalent to \( {\mathrm{E}}_{\mathrm{r}}^{\mathrm{n},\mathrm{m}} \) if and only if rank \( \mathrm{A} = \mathrm{r} \) .
SKETCH OF PROOF. (i) \( A \) is the matrix of some linear transformation \( f : {D}^{n} \rightarrow {D}^{m} \) relative to some pair of bases by Theorem 1.2. If rank \( A = r \), then Corollary IV.2.14 implies that there exist bases \( U = \left\{ {{u}_{1},\ldots ,{u}_{n}}\right\} \) of \( {D}^{n} \) and \( V = \left\{...
No
Corollary 2.9. Every \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n} \) elementary matrix \( \mathrm{E} \) over a ring \( \mathrm{R} \) with identity is invertible and its inverse is an elementary matrix.
SKETCH OF PROOF. Verify that \( {I}_{n} \) may be obtained from \( E \) by performing a single elementary row operation \( T \) . If \( F \) is the elementary matrix obtained by performing \( T \) on \( {I}_{n} \), then \( {FE} = {I}_{n} \) by Theorem 2.8. Verify directly that \( {EF} = {I}_{n} \) .
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Corollary 2.10. If \( \mathrm{B} \) is the matrix obtained from an \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{m} \) matrix \( \mathrm{A} \) over a ring \( \mathrm{R} \) with identity by performing a finite sequence of elementary row and column operations, then \( \mathrm{B} \) is equivalent to \( \mathrm{A} \) .
PROOF. Since each row [column] operation used to obtain \( B \) from \( A \) is given by left [right] multiplication by an appropriate elementary matrix (Theorem 2.8), we have \( B = \left( {{E}_{p}\cdots {E}_{1}}\right) A\left( {{F}_{1}\cdots {F}_{q}}\right) = {PAQ} \) with each \( {E}_{i}{F}_{j} \) an elementary matr...
Yes
Proposition 2.11. If \( \mathrm{A} \) is an \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{m} \) matrix of rank \( \mathrm{r} > 0 \) over a principal ideal domain \( \mathrm{R} \), then \( \mathrm{A} \) is equivalent to a matrix of the form \( \left( \begin{array}{ll} {\mathrm{L}}_{\mathrm{r}} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 \end{array}\right) \), where \...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 2.11. (i) Recall that \( a, b \in R \) are associates if \( a \mid b \) and \( b \mid a \) . By Theorem III.3.2 \( a \) and \( b \) are associates if and only if \( a = {bu} \) with \( u \) a unit. We say that \( c \in R \) is a proper divisor of \( a \in R \) if \( c \mid a \) and \( c \) is not an ...
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Proposition 2.12. The following conditions on an \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n} \) matrix \( \mathrm{A} \) over a division ring \( \mathrm{D} \) are equivalent:\n\n(i) \( \operatorname{rank}\mathrm{A} = \mathrm{n} \) ;\n\n(ii) \( \mathrm{A} \) is equivalent to the identity matrix \( {\mathrm{I}}_{\mathrm{n}} \) ;\n\n(...
SKETCH OF PROOF. (i) \( \Leftrightarrow \) (ii) by Theorem 2.6 since \( {E}_{n}^{n, n} = {I}_{n} \) . (i) \( \Rightarrow \) (iii) The rows of any matrix of rank \( n \) are necessarily linearly independent (see Theorem IV.2.5 and Definition 2.2.) Consequently, the first row of \( A = \left( {a}_{ij}\right) \) is not th...
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Theorem 3.2. If \( \mathrm{B} \) and \( \mathrm{C} \) are modules over a commutative ring \( \mathrm{R} \) with identity, then every alternating \( \mathrm{R} \) -multilinear function \( \mathrm{f} : {\mathrm{B}}^{\mathrm{n}} \rightarrow \mathrm{C} \) is skew-symmetric.
SKETCH OF PROOF. In the special case when \( n = 2 \) and \( \sigma = \left( {12}\right) \), we have:\n\n\[ 0 = f\left( {{b}_{1} + {b}_{2},{b}_{1} + {b}_{2}}\right) = f\left( {{b}_{1},{b}_{1}}\right) + f\left( {{b}_{1},{b}_{2}}\right) + f\left( {{b}_{2},{b}_{1}}\right) + f\left( {{b}_{2},{b}_{2}}\right) \]\n\n\[ = 0 + ...
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Theorem 3.3. If \( \mathrm{R} \) is a commutative ring with identity and \( \mathrm{r} \in \mathrm{R} \), then there exists a unique alternating \( \mathrm{R} \) -multilinear form \( \mathrm{f} : {\left( {\mathrm{R}}^{\mathrm{n}}\right) }^{\mathrm{n}} \rightarrow \mathrm{R} \) such that \( \mathrm{f}\left( {{\varepsilo...
PROOF OF 3.3. (Uniqueness) If such an alternating \( n \) -linear form \( f \) exists and if \( \left( {{X}_{1},\ldots ,{X}_{n}}\right) \in {\left( {R}^{n}\right) }^{n} \), then for each \( i \) there exist \( {a}_{ij} \in R \) such that \( {X}_{i} = \left( {{a}_{i1},{a}_{i2},\ldots ,{a}_{in}}\right) \) \( = \mathop{\s...
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(i) Every alternating \( \mathrm{R} \) -multilinear form \( \mathrm{f} \) on \( {\operatorname{Mat}}_{\mathrm{n}}\mathrm{R} \) is a unique scalar multiple of the determinant function \( \mathrm{d} \) .
(i) Let \( f\left( {I}_{n}\right) = {r\varepsilon R} \) . Let \( d \) be the determinant function. Verify that the function \( {rd} : {\operatorname{Mat}}_{n}R \rightarrow R \) given by \( A \mapsto r\left| A\right| = {rd}\left( A\right) \) is also an alternating \( R \) -multilinear form on \( {\operatorname{Mat}}_{n}...
Yes
If \( \mathrm{A} \) is an \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n} \) matrix over a commutative ring \( \mathrm{R} \) with identity, then for each \( \mathrm{i} = 1,2,\ldots ,\mathrm{n} \) , \[ \left| \mathrm{A}\right| = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{j = 1}}^{n}{\left( -1\right) }^{i + j}{a}_{ij}\left| {A}_{ij}\right| \] and for each...
PROOF OF 3.6. We let \( j \) be fixed and prove the second statement. By Theorem 3.3 and Definition 3.4 it suffices to show that the map \( \phi : {\operatorname{Mat}}_{n}R \rightarrow R \) given by \( A = \left( {a}_{ij}\right) \left| { \rightarrow \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}{\left( -1\right) }^{i + j}{a}_{ij}...
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Proposition 3.7. If \( \mathrm{A} = \left( {\mathrm{a}}_{\mathrm{i}}\right) \) is an \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n} \) matrix over a commutative ring \( \mathrm{R} \) with identity and \( {\mathrm{A}}^{\mathrm{a}} = \left( {\mathrm{b}}_{\mathrm{{ij}}}\right) \) is the \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n} \) matrix with \( ...
PROOF OF 3.7. The \( \left( {i, j}\right) \) entry of \( A{A}^{a} \) is \( {c}_{ij} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{k = 1}}^{n}{\left( -1\right) }^{j + k}{a}_{ik}\left| {A}_{jk}\right| \) . If \( i = j \) , then \( {c}_{ii} = \left| A\right| \) by Proposition 3.6. If \( i \neq j \) (say \( i < j \) ) and \( A \) has rows \( ...
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Corollary 3.8. (Cramer’s Rule) Let \( \mathrm{A} = \left( {\mathrm{a}}_{\mathrm{{ij}}}\right) \) be the matrix of coefficients of the system of \( \mathrm{n} \) linear equations in \( \mathrm{n} \) unknowns\n\n\[ \n{\mathrm{a}}_{11}{\mathrm{x}}_{1} + {\mathrm{a}}_{12}{\mathrm{x}}_{2} + \cdots + {\mathrm{a}}_{1\mathrm{n...
PROOF. Clearly the given system has a solution if and only if the matrix equation \( {AX} = B \) has a solution, where \( X \) and \( B \) are the column vectors \( X = {\left( {x}_{1}\cdots {x}_{n}\right) }^{t} \) , \( B = {\left( {b}_{1}\cdots {b}_{n}\right) }^{t} \) . Since \( \left| A\right| \neq 0, A \) is inverti...
Yes
Theorem 4.1. Let \( \mathrm{E} \) be an \( \mathrm{n} \) -dimensional vector space over a field \( \mathrm{K},\phi : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{E} \) a linear transformation and \( \mathrm{A} \) an \( \mathrm{n} \times \mathrm{n} \) matrix over \( \mathrm{K} \) . (i) There exists a unique monic polynomial of positi...
PROOF. (i) By Theorem III.5.5 there is a unique (nonzero) ring homomorphism \( \zeta = {\zeta }_{\phi } : K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \rightarrow {\operatorname{Hom}}_{K}\left( {E, E}\right) \) such that \( x \mapsto \phi \) and \( k \mapsto k{1}_{E} \) for all \( k \in K \) . Consequently, if \( {f\varepsilon K}\left...
Yes
Theorem 4.2. Let \( \phi : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{E} \) be a linear transformation of an \( \mathrm{n} \) -dimensional vector space \( \mathrm{E} \) over a field \( \mathrm{K} \) . (i) There exist monic polynomials of positive degree \( {\mathrm{q}}_{1},{\mathrm{q}}_{2},\ldots ,{\mathrm{q}}_{\mathrm{t}} \in \ma...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 4.2. (i) As indicated above \( E \) is a left module over the principal ideal domain \( K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) with \( {fu} = f\left( \phi \right) \left( u\right) \left( {f \in K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack, u \in E}\right) \) . Since \( E \) is finite dimensional over \( K \) and \( K \subse...
Yes
Theorem 4.3. Let \( \phi : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{E} \) be a linear transformation of a finite dimensional vector space \( \mathrm{E} \) over a field \( \mathrm{K} \) . Then \( \mathrm{E} \) is a \( \phi \) -cyclic space and \( \phi \) has minimal polynomial \( \mathrm{q} = {\mathrm{x}}^{\mathrm{r}} + {\mathrm{...
PROOF OF 4.3. ( \( \Rightarrow \) ) If \( E \) is \( \phi \) -cyclic, then the remarks preceding Theorem 4.2 show that for some \( v \in E, E \) is the cyclic \( K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) -module \( K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack v \), with the \( K\left\lbrack x\right\rbrack \) -module structure induced by \( \phi...
Yes
Corollary 4.4. Let \( \psi : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{E} \) be a linear transformation of a finite dimensional vector space \( \mathrm{E} \) over a field \( \mathrm{K} \) . Then \( \mathrm{E} \) is a \( \psi \) -cyclic space and \( \psi \) has minimal polynomial \( \mathrm{q} = {\left( \mathrm{x} - \mathrm{b}\rig...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 4.4. Let \( \phi = \psi - b{1}_{E}\varepsilon {\operatorname{Hom}}_{K}\left( {E, E}\right) \) . Then \( q = {\left( x - b\right) }^{r} \) is the minimal polynomial of \( \psi \) if and only if \( {x}^{r} \) is the minimal polynomial of \( \phi \) (for example, \( {\phi }^{r} = {\left( \psi - b{1}_{E}...
No
Lemma 4.5. Let \( \phi : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{E} \) be a linear transformation of an \( \mathrm{n} \) -dimensional vector space \( \mathrm{E} \) over a field \( \mathrm{K} \) . For each \( \mathrm{i} = 1,\ldots \), t let \( {\mathrm{M}}_{\mathrm{i}} \) be an \( {\mathrm{n}}_{\mathrm{i}} \times {\mathrm{n}}_{\...
SKETCH OF PROOF OF 4.5. ( \( \Rightarrow \) ) For each \( i \) let \( {V}_{i} \) be an ordered basis of \( {E}_{i} \) such that the matrix of \( \phi \mid {E}_{i} \) relative to \( {V}_{i} \) is \( {M}_{i} \) . Since \( E = {E}_{1} \oplus \cdots \oplus {E}_{t} \), it follows easily that \( V = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_...
Yes
Corollary 4.8. Let \( \phi : \mathrm{E} \rightarrow \mathrm{E} \) be a linear transformation of an \( \mathrm{n} \) -dimensional vector space \( \mathrm{E} \) over a field \( \mathrm{K} \) .\n\n(i) If \( \phi \) has matrix \( \mathrm{A}\varepsilon {\operatorname{Mat}}_{\mathrm{n}}\mathrm{K} \) relative to some basis, t...
PROOF. Exercise.
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