Exercise 3.1.2

Let F and L be fields, and let φ : F L be a ring homomorphism. Prove that φ is one-to-one and that we get an isomorphism φ : F φ ( F ) .

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Proof. Let x F . If x 0 , then x x 1 = 1 , thus φ ( x ) φ ( x 1 ) = 1 , so φ ( x ) 0 . For all x F , x 0 φ ( x ) 0 , therefore φ ( x ) = 0 x = 0 , so ker ( φ ) = { 0 } and φ is injective.

Consequently, the corestriction F φ ( F ) , x φ ( x ) is a bijection, so it is a ring isomorphism φ : F φ ( F ) . □

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