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Assuming Choice, separable closures exist and are base-isomorphic
Statement
Assuming the Axiom of Choice, every field has a separable closure: a separable algebraic extension in which every nonconstant separable polynomial splits. Any two separable closures are -isomorphic. No uniqueness of the isomorphism is asserted.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A field and the Axiom of Choice.
Assuming Choice, every field has an algebraic closure (Assuming Choice, every field has an algebraic closure).
Inside an algebraic extension, the elements separable over the base form the relative separable closure (The separable closure of the base inside an algebraic extension).
Separability is transitive in algebraic towers (Separability is transitive in towers of algebraic extensions).
Polynomial gcd is unchanged after extending the coefficient field (The monic gcd of two base-field polynomials is unchanged after extending the coefficient field).
Assuming Choice, a base embedding extends across an algebraic extension into an algebraically closed field (Assuming Choice, a base-field embedding extends across every algebraic extension).
A field generated by finitely many algebraic elements is finite over its base (An extension generated by finitely many algebraic elements is finite).
Proof
Choose an algebraic closure by [L1] and let be its relative separable closure from [L2]. Then is algebraic and separable.
Let be separable closures and choose an algebraic closure of using [L1]. By [L5], the identity of extends to an embedding . Images of elements separable over remain separable. Conversely, if is separable over , then its minimal polynomial over divides its separable minimal polynomial over , so it is separable over the separably closed field and therefore lies in . Hence .
Let be nonconstant and separable. Its finitely many coefficients generate a finite subextension of by [L6]. By [L4], is already separable over . Each root is separable over , while is separable; [L3] makes separable over , so . Thus splits in .
The image is separably closed. For , its minimal polynomial over divides its separable minimal polynomial over , so it is separable over . Separable closedness therefore forces into the image. Thus is an -isomorphism. The construction does not assert uniqueness.
Steps 1.1 and 2.1 give existence, while steps 1.2 and 2.2 give base-field isomorphism of any two separable closures.
Depends on
- Assuming Choice, every field has an algebraic closure
- The separable closure of the base inside an algebraic extension
- Separability is transitive in towers of algebraic extensions
- The monic gcd of two base-field polynomials is unchanged after extending the coefficient field
- An extension generated by finitely many algebraic elements is finite
- Assuming Choice, a base-field embedding extends across every algebraic extension
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Sources
- P. L. Clark, Field Theory, Chapters 4 and 5 (standard reference, not scraped)
- J. S. Milne, Fields and Galois Theory, Chapters 3, 5, and 6 (standard reference, not scraped)