Module

FiniteEtaleSplittingField.lean

Nyll.SchemeTheory.FiniteEtale.Algebra.FiniteEtaleSplittingField
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A finite separable splitting field for a finite étale algebra

A maximal quotient of the actual finite faithfully flat splitting algebra is a finite separable field extension and still splits the original algebra. The construction also applies to the zero algebra.

Imports2
  • Mathlib.RingTheory.TotallySplit
  • Mathlib.RingTheory.Ideal.Quotient.Operations
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Declarations

Algebra.IsFiniteSplit.exists_finite_separable_splittingField

A finite étale algebra over a field splits over a finite separable field extension. No nontriviality assumption on the algebra is needed.

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noncomputable section
open scoped TensorProduct
namespace Algebra.IsFiniteSplit
universe u
theorem exists_finite_separable_splittingField
    (K B : Type u) [Field K] [CommRing B] [Algebra K B]
    [Module.Finite K B] [Algebra.Etale K B] :
    ∃ (L : Type u) (_ : Field L) (_ : Algebra K L)
      (_ : Module.Finite K L) (_ : Algebra.IsSeparable K L),
      Algebra.IsFiniteSplit L (L ⊗[K] B)