root field

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Noun[edit]

root field (plural root fields)

  1. (algebra, Galois theory) splitting field

References[edit]

  • Garrett Birkhoff with Saunders Mac Lane (1953) A Survey Of Modern Algebra, Revised edition, U.S.A.: The Macmillan Company, published 1960, §XV.1, page 427