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Exercise 4.4.7
Suppose that is an algebraically closed field, and let be an algebraic extension. Prove that .
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Proof. Let . As is algebraic over , is algebraic over . Let be the minimal polynomial of over .
As is an algebraically closed field, is a product of linear factors in , thus all the roots of are in . In particular, (and so has degree 1). This proves the inclusion , and as , .
An algebraically closed field has no proper algebraic extension. □