Exercise 7.2.10

In (7.5), explain why τ is complex conjugation restricted to ( ω , 2 3 ) .

Answers

Proof. Let L = ( ω , 2 3 ) .

τ is the unique -automorphism of G = Gal ( L ) such as

τ ( ω ) = ω 2 , τ ( 2 3 ) = 2 3 .

If z is element of L , then z = p ( ω , 2 3 ) , where p ( x , y ) [ x , y ] , thus z ¯ = p ( ω ¯ , 2 3 ) = p ( 1 ω , 2 3 ) L . Let λ : L L , z z ¯ the restriction (and corestriction) of the conjugation in . Then λ is an involutive ring homomorphism, thus an automorphism of the field L , which is the identity on : λ Gal ( L ) . As

λ ( ω ) = ω 2 , λ ( 2 3 ) = 2 3 ,

and as a -automorphism of L = ( ω , 2 3 ) is uniquely determined by the images of ω , 2 3 , τ = λ , so τ is the complex conjugation restricted to ( ω , 2 3 ) . □

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