Solution

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Finite and separable imply simple by the primitive element theorem. Separable and simple imply finite: if and the extension is separable, then is algebraic, so .
Finite and simple do not imply separable. In characteristic , take
Then has degree and is simple, but the generator has inseparable minimal polynomial . These are the finite separable simple extension implications.

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