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Question about the compactness of Galois groups

A topic by tdgperson created Oct 01, 2020 Views: 283 Replies: 5
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This is from JS Milne's notes on Galois theory

Let $E/F$ be a Galois field extension (not necessarily finite). For any finite set $S \subseteq E$, let $G(S)$ be the subgroup of $Gal(E/F)$ that fixes $S$. 

Now suppose that $S$ is stable under $Gal(E/F)$, that is: for any $\sigma \in Gal(E/F)$ and $s \in S$, $\sigma(s) \in S$. Then, $G(S)$ is the kernel of the natural homomorphism $Gal(E/F) \rightarrow Sym(S)$. Therefore,  $G(S)$ is a normal subgroup and has finite index.

Take $Gal(E/F) \rightarrow \prod_{S \text{ finite, stable under $Gal(E/F)$}} Gal(E/F) / G(S)$ which is injective. Give  $Gal(E/F) / G(S)$ the discrete topology, and by Tychonoff's theorem, the right hand side is compact.

 Let $S_1 \subseteq S_2$ be stable sets. There are two group homomorphisms $ \prod_{S \text{ finite, stable under $Gal(E/F)$}} Gal(E/F) / G(S) \rightarrow Gal(E/F) / G(S_1)$. We can take the projection, or we can project to $Gal(E/F) / G(S_2)$ and then quotient, since $G(S_2) \subseteq G(S_1)$.

The next part is where I don't understand. Define $E(S_1, S_2)$ to be the subset of $\prod_{S \text{ finite, stable under $Gal(E/F)$}} Gal(E/F) / G(S)$ where the two homomorphisms are the same. The notes say that this is a closed set, and the intersection is the image of the morphism from $Gal(E/F)$. How do we prove these two statements?

What would be your application for this?

And why are you ignoring users pointing out a place to discuss these issues or accusing you of just wanting someone else to do your homework?

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This is not homework. Also, the forum's description says "Anything that doesn't fit anywhere else" , and my question doesn't fit anywhere else on itch.io

So what would be your application?

I want to learn this stuff simply because Galois theory is awesome.

Or are you asking for applications of Galois theory? here's a list:

https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/19427/contributions-of-galois-theory-to...

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I think what Wechenbetelly is trying to point out is, why are you posting this? because its kind of turning into spam at this point. clearly no one is interested in engaging you about this topic here.

so wouldn't posting in a forum specifically for mathematicians or engineers be the best recourse?