Paper 3, Section II, I
Part II, 2013
Let be a prime number and a field of characteristic . Let be the Frobenius map defined by for all .
(i) Prove that is a field automorphism when is a finite field.
(ii) Is the same true for an arbitrary algebraic extension of ? Justify your answer.
(iii) Let be the rational function field in variables where over . Determine the image of , and show that makes into an extension of degree over a subfield isomorphic to . Is it a separable extension?