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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 126 1 b Solution by
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If is finite separable, the primitive element theorem writes it as with . The relation in part a has a nonzero component, so projection along that relation gives an isomorphism
For an arbitrary simple finite extension, part a presents as a quotient of a vector space of dimension by the image of a space of dimension at most one. Its dimension is therefore at least . Applying this one generator at a time through a finite tower proves the same inequality for every finite extension.
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