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Exercise 5.4.6
Explain why the proof of Theorem 5.4.1 implies that when is separable over , is algebraic over , and satisfies (5.17).
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Proof. The proof of uses only 5.17 (5.16 is used only to prove the separability of ). The separability of (thus of ) is used only to prove that another root of , which is also a root of , is one of the . The separability of is not used, only the algebraic nature of , to define their minimal polynomials. □