The Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory states that:
Given a field extension that is finite and Galois, there is a one-to-one correspondence between its intermediate fields and subgroups of its Galois group.
1) where
and
is the corresponding fixed field (the set of those elements in
which are fixed by every automorphism in
).
2) where
is an intermediate field of
and
is the set of those automorphisms in
which fix every element of
.
This correspondence is a one-to-one correspondence if and only if is a Galois extension.
Three Properties of the Galois Correspondence
- It is inclusing-reversing. The inclusion of subgroups
holds iff the inclusion of fields
holds.
- If
is a subgroup of
, then
and
.
- The field
is a normal extension of
(or equivalently, Galois extension, since any subextension of a separable extension is separable) iff
is a normal subgroup of
.