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On Herstein’s Theorem Concerning Three Fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Carl Faith*
Affiliation:
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N. J.
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Let L > K ≧ Φ, LK, be three fields such that: (1) L/K is not purely inseparable, and (2) L/Φ is transcendental. Then Herstein’s theorem [2] asserts the existence of u ∈ L such that f(u) ∉ K for every non-constant polynomial f(X) ∈ Φ[X].

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Research Article
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1961

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