How do I find the degree of this field extension?
Q(4√2):Q(√2)
I've tried thinking of the larger field as a vector space over the smaller one to find a basis, but I haven't had any luck. There's no tower law to use here, and I don't think I can use a minimal polynomial argument here, because both fields are different (the larger one isn't the smaller one plus some algebraic element).
Answer
Hint: [Q(4√2):Q]=[Q(4√2):Q(√2)]⋅[Q(√2):Q]
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