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In this chapter, we take a closer look at a finite field extension F < E from the point of view that E is a vector space over F. It is clear, for instance, that any σ ∈ G F(E) is a linear operator on E over F. However, there are many linear operators that are not field automorphisms. One of the most important is multiplication by a fixed element of E, which we study next.
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Roman, S. (1995). A Field Extension as a Vector Space. In: Field Theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 158. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2516-4_8
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