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ID: past-exam-of-the-probability-statistics-and-options-ii-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2009/a/a2
Past exam of the Probability, statistics and options II course of the University of Oxford 2009 A A2 by
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The characteristic is the least positive integer with , if it exists, and zero otherwise. The prime subfield is the smallest subfield containing ; in characteristic it is . Every field automorphism fixes and addition, so it fixes every element of this prime subfield.
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