Show that there exists fields properly containing $mathbb{C}$. Does that field have the property that every...
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This question comes after showing that if $mathrm R$ is a domain, then $mathrm R[t]$ is also a domain. But I don't quite see the connections here. Since polynomials of complex coefficients isn't a field since there aren't inverses to every element.
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This question comes after showing that if $mathrm R$ is a domain, then $mathrm R[t]$ is also a domain. But I don't quite see the connections here. Since polynomials of complex coefficients isn't a field since there aren't inverses to every element.
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The rational functions over $Bbb C$ form a field properly containing $Bbb C$.
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This question comes after showing that if $mathrm R$ is a domain, then $mathrm R[t]$ is also a domain. But I don't quite see the connections here. Since polynomials of complex coefficients isn't a field since there aren't inverses to every element.
abstract-algebra
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This question comes after showing that if $mathrm R$ is a domain, then $mathrm R[t]$ is also a domain. But I don't quite see the connections here. Since polynomials of complex coefficients isn't a field since there aren't inverses to every element.
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The rational functions over $Bbb C$ form a field properly containing $Bbb C$.
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The rational functions over $Bbb C$ form a field properly containing $Bbb C$.
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– TonyK
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The rational functions over $Bbb C$ form a field properly containing $Bbb C$.
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The rational functions over $Bbb C$ form a field properly containing $Bbb C$.
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Consider $Bbb{C}(x)$, where $Bbb{C}(x)$ is the field of fractions of the polynomial ring $Bbb{C}[x]$. Clearly $Bbb{C}subset Bbb{C} (x) $.
A field $F$ is algebraically closed if any polynomial of non-zero
degree over $F$ has at least one root in $F.$
$Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed. To see this, let $F=Bbb{C}(x)$ and $F[y]$ be the polynomial ring over $F$.
Consider $$f(y)=y^2-frac1xin F[y].$$ If there exists a root in $F$, it must be of the form $frac{p(x)}{q(x)}$,$p (x),q(x)in Bbb{C}[x]$. Then $${left(frac{p(x)}{q(x)}right)}^2=frac1xiff x{p(x)}^2={q(x)}^2.$$
Can you see the contradiction?
Hence $Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed.
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I think I get the first part now. But I think the question asks for whether polynomials over this field has root, not in this field. Do you mean $mathbb{C}(x)$ is also algebraically closed?
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 2:38
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I've edited my answer.
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Jan 25 at 3:07
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Is the contradiction that $q(x)$ must be $sqrt{x}p(x)$. and $sqrt{x}$ is not in $mathbb{C}(x)$
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 6:27
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Yes. Also note that degree of $x {p (x)}^2$ is odd whereas degree of ${q (x)}^2$ is even.
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Consider $Bbb{C}(x)$, where $Bbb{C}(x)$ is the field of fractions of the polynomial ring $Bbb{C}[x]$. Clearly $Bbb{C}subset Bbb{C} (x) $.
A field $F$ is algebraically closed if any polynomial of non-zero
degree over $F$ has at least one root in $F.$
$Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed. To see this, let $F=Bbb{C}(x)$ and $F[y]$ be the polynomial ring over $F$.
Consider $$f(y)=y^2-frac1xin F[y].$$ If there exists a root in $F$, it must be of the form $frac{p(x)}{q(x)}$,$p (x),q(x)in Bbb{C}[x]$. Then $${left(frac{p(x)}{q(x)}right)}^2=frac1xiff x{p(x)}^2={q(x)}^2.$$
Can you see the contradiction?
Hence $Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed.
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I think I get the first part now. But I think the question asks for whether polynomials over this field has root, not in this field. Do you mean $mathbb{C}(x)$ is also algebraically closed?
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 2:38
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I've edited my answer.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 3:07
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Is the contradiction that $q(x)$ must be $sqrt{x}p(x)$. and $sqrt{x}$ is not in $mathbb{C}(x)$
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 6:27
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Yes. Also note that degree of $x {p (x)}^2$ is odd whereas degree of ${q (x)}^2$ is even.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 7:35
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Consider $Bbb{C}(x)$, where $Bbb{C}(x)$ is the field of fractions of the polynomial ring $Bbb{C}[x]$. Clearly $Bbb{C}subset Bbb{C} (x) $.
A field $F$ is algebraically closed if any polynomial of non-zero
degree over $F$ has at least one root in $F.$
$Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed. To see this, let $F=Bbb{C}(x)$ and $F[y]$ be the polynomial ring over $F$.
Consider $$f(y)=y^2-frac1xin F[y].$$ If there exists a root in $F$, it must be of the form $frac{p(x)}{q(x)}$,$p (x),q(x)in Bbb{C}[x]$. Then $${left(frac{p(x)}{q(x)}right)}^2=frac1xiff x{p(x)}^2={q(x)}^2.$$
Can you see the contradiction?
Hence $Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed.
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I think I get the first part now. But I think the question asks for whether polynomials over this field has root, not in this field. Do you mean $mathbb{C}(x)$ is also algebraically closed?
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 2:38
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I've edited my answer.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 3:07
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Is the contradiction that $q(x)$ must be $sqrt{x}p(x)$. and $sqrt{x}$ is not in $mathbb{C}(x)$
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 6:27
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Yes. Also note that degree of $x {p (x)}^2$ is odd whereas degree of ${q (x)}^2$ is even.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 7:35
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Consider $Bbb{C}(x)$, where $Bbb{C}(x)$ is the field of fractions of the polynomial ring $Bbb{C}[x]$. Clearly $Bbb{C}subset Bbb{C} (x) $.
A field $F$ is algebraically closed if any polynomial of non-zero
degree over $F$ has at least one root in $F.$
$Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed. To see this, let $F=Bbb{C}(x)$ and $F[y]$ be the polynomial ring over $F$.
Consider $$f(y)=y^2-frac1xin F[y].$$ If there exists a root in $F$, it must be of the form $frac{p(x)}{q(x)}$,$p (x),q(x)in Bbb{C}[x]$. Then $${left(frac{p(x)}{q(x)}right)}^2=frac1xiff x{p(x)}^2={q(x)}^2.$$
Can you see the contradiction?
Hence $Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed.
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Consider $Bbb{C}(x)$, where $Bbb{C}(x)$ is the field of fractions of the polynomial ring $Bbb{C}[x]$. Clearly $Bbb{C}subset Bbb{C} (x) $.
A field $F$ is algebraically closed if any polynomial of non-zero
degree over $F$ has at least one root in $F.$
$Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed. To see this, let $F=Bbb{C}(x)$ and $F[y]$ be the polynomial ring over $F$.
Consider $$f(y)=y^2-frac1xin F[y].$$ If there exists a root in $F$, it must be of the form $frac{p(x)}{q(x)}$,$p (x),q(x)in Bbb{C}[x]$. Then $${left(frac{p(x)}{q(x)}right)}^2=frac1xiff x{p(x)}^2={q(x)}^2.$$
Can you see the contradiction?
Hence $Bbb{C}(x)$ is not algebraically closed.
edited Jan 25 at 6:08
answered Jan 25 at 2:09
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I think I get the first part now. But I think the question asks for whether polynomials over this field has root, not in this field. Do you mean $mathbb{C}(x)$ is also algebraically closed?
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 2:38
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I've edited my answer.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 3:07
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Is the contradiction that $q(x)$ must be $sqrt{x}p(x)$. and $sqrt{x}$ is not in $mathbb{C}(x)$
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 6:27
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Yes. Also note that degree of $x {p (x)}^2$ is odd whereas degree of ${q (x)}^2$ is even.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 7:35
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1
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I think I get the first part now. But I think the question asks for whether polynomials over this field has root, not in this field. Do you mean $mathbb{C}(x)$ is also algebraically closed?
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 2:38
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I've edited my answer.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 3:07
1
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Is the contradiction that $q(x)$ must be $sqrt{x}p(x)$. and $sqrt{x}$ is not in $mathbb{C}(x)$
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 6:27
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Yes. Also note that degree of $x {p (x)}^2$ is odd whereas degree of ${q (x)}^2$ is even.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 7:35
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I think I get the first part now. But I think the question asks for whether polynomials over this field has root, not in this field. Do you mean $mathbb{C}(x)$ is also algebraically closed?
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 2:38
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I think I get the first part now. But I think the question asks for whether polynomials over this field has root, not in this field. Do you mean $mathbb{C}(x)$ is also algebraically closed?
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 2:38
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I've edited my answer.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 3:07
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I've edited my answer.
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Jan 25 at 3:07
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Is the contradiction that $q(x)$ must be $sqrt{x}p(x)$. and $sqrt{x}$ is not in $mathbb{C}(x)$
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 6:27
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Is the contradiction that $q(x)$ must be $sqrt{x}p(x)$. and $sqrt{x}$ is not in $mathbb{C}(x)$
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– davidh
Jan 25 at 6:27
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Yes. Also note that degree of $x {p (x)}^2$ is odd whereas degree of ${q (x)}^2$ is even.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 7:35
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Yes. Also note that degree of $x {p (x)}^2$ is odd whereas degree of ${q (x)}^2$ is even.
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– Thomas Shelby
Jan 25 at 7:35
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The rational functions over $Bbb C$ form a field properly containing $Bbb C$.
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– TonyK
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