Galois theory for finite fields
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| author | Khovanskii, Askold |
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| contents | This note presents Galois theory for finite fields. It was written as a handout for the MAT401 course ``Polynomial equations and fields'' taught at the University of Toronto in Spring 2026. We use without proofs some basic properties of finite fields and of finite field extensions which we already covered in class. Firstly, we describe an extension $K\subset F$ of a finite field $K$ of a given degree $n$. We show that the set of all intermediate fields for this extension is in one-to-one correspondence with the set of all divisors $k$ of the degree $n$. Then we describe the Galois group of this extension which is the cyclic group of order $n$. The set of subgroups of this group also is in one-to-one correspondence with the set of all divisors $k$ of the degree $n$. It allows us to prove the Galois correspondence for that extension. In the last section, we state basic theorems of Galois theory for arbitrary fields which will be proven later in the course. |
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| spellingShingle | Galois theory for finite fields Khovanskii, Askold Number Theory Rings and Algebras This note presents Galois theory for finite fields. It was written as a handout for the MAT401 course ``Polynomial equations and fields'' taught at the University of Toronto in Spring 2026. We use without proofs some basic properties of finite fields and of finite field extensions which we already covered in class. Firstly, we describe an extension $K\subset F$ of a finite field $K$ of a given degree $n$. We show that the set of all intermediate fields for this extension is in one-to-one correspondence with the set of all divisors $k$ of the degree $n$. Then we describe the Galois group of this extension which is the cyclic group of order $n$. The set of subgroups of this group also is in one-to-one correspondence with the set of all divisors $k$ of the degree $n$. It allows us to prove the Galois correspondence for that extension. In the last section, we state basic theorems of Galois theory for arbitrary fields which will be proven later in the course. |
| title | Galois theory for finite fields |
| topic | Number Theory Rings and Algebras |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.08640 |