Galois extension of a field with Characteristic 0

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bham10246
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This is something I've been trying to work on on my own for the past few days but I'm not sure how to approach it.

My Question:
a. Let E be a Galois extension of a field F with characteristic 0. Prove that there is a unique smallest subfield K such that [itex] F \subseteq K \subseteq E [/itex], K is normal over F and E is subradical over K.
[One needs the following result: Let [itex]A[/itex] and [itex]B[/itex] be solvable subgroups of a group [itex]G[/itex] and suppose that [itex]A[/itex] is normal in [itex]G[/itex]. Then [itex]AB[/itex] is solvable.]

b. Let f be an irreducible polynomial over [itex]\mathbb{Q}[/itex] which has degree 5 and at least two complex roots. Prove that [itex]Gal(f)[/itex] has order 10, 20, 60, or 120.

Thanks in advance for any kind of direction that you can provide me with...
 
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what does smallest mean? the intersectiuoin of all such thigns? or smallest degree?

and are your extensions of finite degree?

so i guess you are claiming there is a unique largest normal solvable subgroup of a group. your description majkes it fairly obvious how to proceed.
 
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