Separable Extensions, Separable Subfield

Separable Subfield

Let u and v be separable elements over K. Let F be the normal closure of K(u,v). If u and v are separable then F is the splitting field for a set of separable polynomials, and is galois. A galois extension is separable, so everything in F is separable. This includes u+v u-v u*v u/v.

Let F/K be any field extension. The set of elements E in F that are separable over K are closed under addition and multiplication, and form an intermediate field extension. This is the separable subfield of F.