Ivan Shishkin, Birch Grove

Field homomorphism

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Let FF and F′F' be fields. A function φ:F→F′\varphi:F \rightarrow F' is a field homomorphism if for all a,b∈Fa,b\in F:

  1. φ(a+b)=φ(a)+φ(b)\varphi(a+b)=\varphi(a)+\varphi(b)
  2. φ(a⋅b)=φ(a)⋅φ(b)\varphi(a\cdot b)=\varphi(a)\cdot\varphi(b)
  3. φ(1)=1\varphi(1)=1
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  • Determine all field homomorphisms φ:C→R\varphi:\mathbb{C}\rightarrow \R.

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