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The normal closure of an algebraic extension inside a fixed algebraic closure

Definition

Let $F \subseteq K \subseteq Ω$ , where $K / F$ is algebraic and $Ω / F$ is a fixed algebraic closure (An algebraic closure of a field). The normal closure of $K / F$ in $Ω$ is

$N_{Ω} (K / F) : = ⋂ {E : K \subseteq E \subseteq Ω and E / F is normal} .$

The family being intersected is nonempty: $Ω / F$ is normal because every minimal polynomial over $F$ splits in the algebraically closed field $Ω$ (A normal algebraic extension is one in which every minimal polynomial with a root in the extension splits there). Its intersection is normal by A nonempty intersection of normal subextensions inside a common algebraic extension is normal, so the definition produces the smallest normal intermediate extension containing $K$ .

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The normal closure of a finite extension exists and is finite Theorem

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Sources

The Stacks Project, Section 9.15: Normal extensions (standard reference, not scraped)
J. S. Milne, Fields and Galois Theory, Chapter 6 (standard reference, not scraped)