Solution

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For the biquadratic extension , the assumptions say that the square classes of and are independent. In particular : writing and comparing the coefficient of after squaring would force either or to be a square in . Hence
The field is the splitting field of and the characteristic is not two, so it is Galois. Its four automorphisms independently choose the signs of and , giving
By the Galois correspondence, the intermediate-field lattice is
Each of the three middle fields has degree two over , and distinct middle fields intersect in .

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