Proving Normal Field Extensions with an Example | Field Extension Normality

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brian_m.
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Hi,

how can I show that a field extension is normal?

Here is a concrete example:
[tex]L|K[/tex] is normal, whereas [tex]L=\mathbb F_{p^2}(X,Y)[/tex] and [tex]K= \mathbb F_p(X^p,Y^p)[/tex].
[tex]p[/tex] is a prime number of course.

I have to show that every irreducible polynomial in [tex]K[X,Y][/tex] that has a root in [tex]L[/tex] completely factors into linear factors over [tex]L[/tex].

But this is not simply in my case, because elements in [tex]K[X,Y]=\mathbb F_p(X^p,Y^p)[X,Y][/tex] has the form:
[tex]\frac{g(x,y)}{h(x,y)}, \quad h(x,y)\neq 0, \quad g,h \in K[X,Y][/tex]

Bye,
Brian
 
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I think we have ##X^p\equiv X\, , \,Y^p\equiv Y## which makes ##K[X,Y]=\mathbb{F}_p(X,Y) \subseteq \mathbb{F}_{p^2}(X,Y) =L\,.##