W11 Lec 3 Examples in Galois Theory

Corollary 1: If F ⊆ L ⊆ L' ⊆ K then G ( K / L ) ⊇ G ( K / L' )

Corollary 2: A finite extension K / F has finitely many intermediate fields K ⊇ L⊇ F .

Proof:
If K / F is Galois then it follows from the main Galois theorem that the number of intermediate
fields is equal to the number of subgroups of G ( K / F ) and G ( K / F ) is a finite group. Now, any
finite extension K / F can be embedded into a Galois extension L / F where K ⊆ L, since we can
always find a splitting field L over F which contains K .

Fact: Let f ∈ F [ x ] with deg ( f )=3 and f is irreducible. Let K be the splitting field of f over F .
Suppose that α , β , γ are the roots of f . In tutorial we defined
D=discrim ( f )= Δ ( f )=( α −β )2 ( β−γ )2 ( α −γ )2. Then

1) D=δ 2 for some δ ∈ F ⇒G ( K / F )= A3 namely [ K :F ] =3 .

2) D ≠ δ 2 , ∀ δ ∈ F then G ( K / F )=S 3 so [ K :F ] =6 . Thus, we get 4 proper intermediate
fields F ( α ) , F ( β ) , F ( γ ) , F ( δ ).