Given two
fields F and
G such that
G
contains
F, the
Galois group of the
field extension G/F is
defined as the group of field
automorphisms of
G which
are the identity mapping when restricted to
F.
G is
algebraic
over
F if and only if the Galois group is
pro-finite.
We need a link to Galois theory and the fundamental theorem here.