Finite intermediate fields under inverse images #
The inverse image of a finite intermediate field under an algebra map is finite-dimensional. This lets finite subextensions be transported between ambient extensions, for example when comparing their Krull topologies.
instance
IntermediateField.finiteDimensional_comap
{F : Type u_1}
{E : Type u_2}
{L : Type u_3}
[Field F]
[Field E]
[Field L]
[Algebra F E]
[Algebra F L]
(M : IntermediateField F E)
[FiniteDimensional F ↥M]
(g : L →ₐ[F] E)
:
FiniteDimensional F ↥(comap g M)
The preimage of a finite intermediate field M of E/F under an F-algebra map g into E
is finite over F: it is F-isomorphic to its image under g, which is contained in M.