Pseudo algebraically closed field

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In mathematics, a field K is pseudo algebraically closed (usually abbreviated by PAC) if one of the following equivalent conditions holds:

  • Each absolutely irreducible variety V defined over K has a K-rational point.
  • Each absolutely irreducible polynomial f\in K[T_1,T_2,\cdots ,T_r,X] with \frac{\partial f}{\partial X}\not =0 and for each nonzero g\in K[T_1,T_2,\cdots ,T_r] there exists (\textbf{a},b)\in K^{r+1} such that f(\textbf{a},b)=0 and g(\textbf{a})\not =0.
  • Each absolutely irreducible polynomial f\in K[T,X] has infinitely many K-rational points.
  • If R is a finitely generated integral domain over K with quotient field which is regular over K, then there exist a homomorphism h:R\to K such that h(a) = a for each a\in K

[edit] Examples

  • A non-principal ultraproduct of distinct finite fields is PAC.
  • This example arises from measure theory: The absolute Galois group G of a field K is profinite, hence compact, and hence equipped with a normalized Haar measure. Let K be a countable Hilbertian field and let e be a positive integer. Then for almost all e-tuple (\sigma_1,...,\sigma_e)\in G^e, the fixed field of the subgroup generated by the automorphisms is PAC. Here the phrase "almost all" means "all but a set of measure zero".

[edit] References

  • M. D. Fried and M. Jarden, Field Arithmetic, Second Edition, revised and enlarged by Moshe Jarden, Ergebnisse der Mathematik (3) 11, Springer, Heidelberg, 2004.
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