Kummer theory
The following theorem is usually referred to as Kummer theory.
Theorem 1 (Kummer Theory).
Let be a positive integer and let be a field of characteristic not dividing which contains the -th roots of unity
. Then:
- 1.
The extension
for is a cyclic extension
over of degree dividing .
- 2.
Any cyclic extension of degree over is of the form for some .
Definition 1.
Let be a positive integer and let be a field of characteristic not dividing which contains the -th roots of unity. An extension of of the form:
with is called a Kummer extension of . Notice that the Galois group of the extension is of exponent
(http://planetmath.org/Exponent) .