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A degree-three Galois extension of inside
Example
Let . Then the fixed field of the unique order-two subgroup of is
a degree-three Galois extension of with cyclic Galois group, and the element has minimal polynomial
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A primitive seventh root of unity .
and has order ( and ).
A finite cyclic group has exactly one subgroup of each order dividing its own (A finite cyclic group has exactly one subgroup of each order dividing its own).
For a finite Galois extension, subgroups correspond to intermediate fields, and the fixed field of a subgroup has degree equal to the subgroup index (The fundamental theorem of finite Galois theory).
Every finite subgroup of the unit group of an integral domain is cyclic (Every finite subgroup of the unit group of an integral domain is cyclic).
Under the finite Galois correspondence, a normal subgroup has a Galois fixed field and restriction gives (Normal subgroups, conjugate fields, and quotient groups in the Galois correspondence).
Every finite group of prime order is cyclic (A finite group of prime order is cyclic and every nonidentity element generates it).
Verification
By [L1] the Galois group of is isomorphic to the finite subgroup of the unit group of the field , so [L4] makes it cyclic; its order is . Thus [L2] gives a unique subgroup of order , and [L3] makes its fixed field have degree .
The subgroup is generated by the class , so it acts by complex conjugation. Therefore is fixed by and lies in .
Put . Then Since , dividing by gives Substituting the expressions above yields
The element is not rational: if it were, then would satisfy the quadratic polynomial , which would force , contradicting [L1]. Since , the prime degree from step 1.1 leaves only the subfields and , so . Therefore the minimal polynomial of has degree , and the cubic from step 3.1 is that minimal polynomial.
The ambient Galois group is cyclic and hence abelian, so is normal. By [L5], the fixed field is Galois and is isomorphic to the quotient by , which has order . The group is cyclic by [L6], so is a cyclic cubic Galois extension.
Remarks
- This is the smallest nontrivial case of the subfield theorem. The subgroup lattice of has one index-two subgroup, and the fixed field is already visible through the real element .
Depends on
- $[\mathbb Q(\zeta_n):\mathbb Q]=\varphi(n)$ and $\operatorname{Gal}(\mathbb Q(\mu_n)/\mathbb Q)\cong(\mathbb Z/n)^\times$
- Every finite subgroup of the unit group of an integral domain is cyclic
- The fundamental theorem of finite Galois theory
- Normal subgroups, conjugate fields, and quotient groups in the Galois correspondence
- A finite cyclic group has exactly one subgroup of each order dividing its own
- A finite group of prime order is cyclic and every nonidentity element generates it
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Sources
- K. Conrad, Linear Independence of Characters (expository blurb), Example 3.2 (standard reference, not scraped)
- K. Conrad, Cyclotomic Extensions (expository blurb), Section 2 (standard reference, not scraped)