On the characterization of Galois extensions

2013/06/13 by Meinolf Geck, Geck, Meinolf
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1306.3853

2 pages; to appear in Amer. Math. Monthly (2014)

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Abstract

We present a shortcut to the familiar characterizations of finite Galois extensions, based on an idea from an earlier Monthly note by Sonn and Zassenhaus.

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