Constant extensions of rational function fields #
For a finite field extension S / K, this file constructs the coefficient
embedding K(X) → S(X) and proves that S(X) is a finite-dimensional
K(X)-vector space of dimension [S : K].
The construction is explicit. We first localize S[X] at the images of the
nonzero polynomials in K[X], prove that this localization is a field, and
identify it with S(X). This is the rational-function-field base-change
input needed for the later constant extension of a general function field.
The algebra structure from K[X] to S[X] used in the rat func constant extension
construction.
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The algebra structure on the localization used to extend rational-function constants.
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The field structure on that localization.
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Embed rational functions into the constant-extension localization.
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The localization of S[X] at nonzero K[X] is the full rational
function field S(X) when S / K is finite.
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The localization equivalence, now linear over the canonical coefficient
embedding K(X) → S(X).
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A finite coefficient extension induces a finite extension of rational function fields.
Constant extension preserves the extension degree of rational function
fields: [S(X) : K(X)] = [S : K].