Solution

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Fix and let be the unique degree- finite-field extension. Łoś theorem shows that
is a field extension of of degree : ultraproducts of chosen bases satisfy the first-order linear-independence and spanning statements.
Conversely, let have degree , with irreducible minimal polynomial . Represent its coefficients by polynomials . Irreducibility in fixed degree is first-order, so is irreducible of degree for -almost every . Its root generates , and the ultraproduct of these roots induces an -isomorphism . Hence the degree- algebraic extension exists and is unique.

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