The element satisfies , so . Since is real, . A primitive root of order is nonreal: the only real roots of unity are , of orders at most two. Hence and
Equivalently, nontrivial complex conjugation fixes precisely the maximal real subfield of a cyclotomic field in this degree-two extension.
The Cyclotomic character of a finite cyclotomic extension and the Chinese remainder theorem give the displayed Galois group. It has three order-two subgroups and three order-four subgroups; the latter are kernels of its three nonzero group homomorphisms to . By the Fundamental theorem of Galois theory, its proper intermediate fields strictly above are the three quadratic fields
and the three quartic fields
The first quartic has cyclic Galois group of order four and unique quadratic subfield ; the second is a biquadratic extension, so they differ. The last is real whereas the others are not, by the maximal real subfield of a cyclotomic field formula. Also generates the second quartic: if , then and .