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btilly
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From Finite Integral Domains to Finite Fields
I've always thought of "transcendental" as number theory language, though I can see how someone could argue that it is field language.
But the Galois group of a field extension definitely is field language.
mathgradthrow
27 days ago
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a field extension is the thing which is transcendental or not.
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But the Galois group of a field extension definitely is field language.