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On derivations of fields of algebraic functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

Julio R. Bastida
Affiliation:
Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida 33432
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In this note, we shall prove that the transcendency degree of a finitely generated field extension is equal to a certain integer associated with a restriction mapping of spaces of derivations.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1980

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