Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ii Paper 2 18H a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
Finite and separable imply simple by the primitive element theorem. Separable and simple imply finite: if and the extension is separable, then is algebraic, so .
Finite and simple do not imply separable. In characteristic , takeThen has degree and is simple, but the generator has inseparable minimal polynomial . These are the finite separable simple extension implications.