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Normal subgroups, conjugate fields, and quotient groups in the Galois correspondence

Statement

Let K/F be finite Galois, let G=Gal(K/F), let HG, and put E=KH. For every σG,

Gal(K/σ(E))=σHσ1.

An intermediate field E/F is Galois exactly when its corresponding subgroup is normal. In that case restriction gives a surjective homomorphism GGal(E/F) with kernel H, and hence

Gal(E/F)G/H.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The finite Galois correspondence; normal subgroups and quotient groups (Normal subgroup: invariance under conjugation, The quotient group G/N and coset product (gN)(hN)=ghN); the characterization of a normal algebraic extension by stability of conjugates (A normal algebraic extension is one in which every minimal polynomial with a root in the extension splits there); the Axiom of Choice and algebraic embedding extension (Assuming Choice, a base-field embedding extends across every algebraic extension); and the first isomorphism theorem for groups (First isomorphism theorem for groups: G/kerfimf).

[L1]

The assignments HKH and EGal(K/E) are mutually inverse inclusion-reversing bijections (The fundamental theorem of finite Galois theory).

[F1]

A subgroup is normal exactly when it is invariant under conjugation (Equivalent characterisations of a normal subgroup by conjugates and left and right cosets).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

For xK, the element x is fixed by σHσ1 exactly when σ1(x) is fixed by H, exactly when σ1(x)E, and exactly when xσ(E). Thus KσHσ1=σ(E), and [L1] gives Gal(K/σ(E))=σHσ1.

L1algebra
2.1

For the forward direction, if HG, then step 1.1 gives σ(E)=E for every σG; every F-conjugate of an element of E is obtained by extending its embedding to K and hence lies in E, so E/F is normal, and it is separable as a subextension of the separable extension K/F, hence Galois. For the reverse direction, if E/F is Galois, normality gives σ(E)=E for every σG, so step 1.1 and [L1] give σHσ1=H and [F1] gives HG.

step 1.1L1F1given
3.1

In the normal case, restriction ρ:GGal(E/F) is defined by step 2.1. Every F-automorphism of E extends to an embedding of K in an algebraic closure; normality of K/F makes the extension an element of G, so ρ is surjective. Its kernel consists exactly of the automorphisms fixing E, namely H by [L1]. The first isomorphism theorem therefore gives G/HGal(E/F); for H={1} and H=G this yields the two endpoint quotients.

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