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of a field

An algebraic extension of a field that is normal and separable. The study of the automorphism group of such an extension forms part of Galois theory.

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Galois extension. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Galois_extension&oldid=21148