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Field compositum

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Inside a common overfield, the compositum L1​L2​ is the smallest field containing both L1​ and L2​.
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Linearly disjoint field extensions

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Field compositum
Finite extensions L1​/K and L2​/K are linearly disjoint when products of basis elements form a basis of their compositum. In particular,
[L1​L2​:K]=[L1​:K][L2​:K].
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Extensions of coprime finite degrees are linearly disjoint.

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