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TauCeti.NumberTheory.NumberField.FiniteGaloisIntermediateField

Finite Galois subextensions of a number field are number fields #

A finite Galois subextension E of an extension L / K of a number field K is a finite extension of K, hence a number field. This is what lets the arithmetic of number fields (rings of integers, adeles, ideles) be applied levelwise to the finite Galois subextensions of an infinite extension such as a separable closure of K.

Main results #

A finite Galois subextension of an extension of a number field is a number field.