Field Characteristic & Prime Subfield
- $\text{ch}(\Bbb{R}) = \text{ch}(\Bbb{Q}) = \text{ch}(\Bbb{Z}) = 0$
- $\Bbb{F}_p = \Bbb{Z}/(p) \implies \text{ch}(\Bbb{F}_p) = p$
- $\text{ch}(\Bbb{F}_p[X]) = p$
So $\Bbb{Z}/\text{ch}(F)\Bbb{Z} \rightarrowtail F$ is an injection & $F$ either contains an isomorphic copy of $\Bbb{Q}$ or $\Bbb{F}_p$.
Def. $\text{Prime}(F) =$ the smallest subfield of $F$ containing $1_F =$ subfield generated by $1_F$. $\text{Prime}(F) = \Bbb{Q}$ or $\Bbb{F}_p$. Examples:
- $\text{Prime}(\Bbb{R}) = \Bbb{Q}$
- $\text{Prime}(\Bbb{F}_p(X)) \simeq \Bbb{F}_p$ given by constant polynomials in $\Bbb{F}_p[X]$
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