Bourbaki

Lemma 5

Tag 06P3, permanent. Cite it as [Bourbaki, Tag 06P3].

Algebra, chapter V, § 11. Abelian extensions

— K(A1/n)K(A^{1/n}) is an abelian extension of K of exponent dividing n.

Since the polynomials Xn−a,a∈AX^n - a, a \in A are separable over K, L=K(A1/n)L = K(A^{1/n}) is a separable, hence a Galois extension of K. Let σ∈Gal(L/K)\sigma \in \mathrm{Gal}(L/K) and let 0∈Ω0 \in \Omega be such that θn∈A\theta^n \in A. We have σ(θ)n=θn\sigma(\theta)^n = \theta^n; hence there exists ζ∈μn(Ω)=μn(K)\zeta \in \mu_n(\Omega) = \mu_n(K) such that σ(θ)=ζθ\sigma(\theta) = \zeta \theta; this implies that σn(θ)=ζnθ=0\sigma^n(\theta) = \zeta^n \theta = 0, whence σn=1\sigma^n = 1. If σ′\sigma' is another element of Gal(L/K)\mathrm{Gal}(L/K) there exists ζ′∈μn(K)\zeta' \in \mu_n(K) such that σ′(θ)=ζ′θ\sigma'(\theta) = \zeta' \theta, whence σ′σ(θ)=ζζ′θ=σσ′(θ)\sigma'\sigma(\theta) = \zeta \zeta' \theta = \sigma\sigma'(\theta) and so σ′σ=σσ′\sigma'\sigma = \sigma\sigma'.

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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Transcribed from the printed edition, 2003, Springer. Not translated.