Calculating invariants of inseparable field extensions

Deveney, James K.; Mordeson, John N.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1981-0597643-X

Calculating invariants of inseparable field extensions
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 81 (1981), 373-376 Request permission

Abstract:

Let $L$ be a finitely generated nonalgebraic extensions of a field $K$ of characteristic $p \ne 0$ and let $M$ be a finite purely inseparable extension of $L$. This paper is concerned with calculating inseparability-related numerical invariants of $M/K$ from those of $L/K$.

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