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    Prime subfield and isomorphism type of a finite field

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    Every finite field has prime-power order $p^n$ and is isomorphic to $\FF_{p^n}$.Suggest a slogan

    Let \(F\) be a finite field. Then \(\ch F = p\) for a prime \(p\), the prime subfield of \(F\) is isomorphic to \(\FF_p\), and \(F \cong \FF_{p^n}\) for the unique integer \(n = [F:\FF_p] \geq 1\), so that \(\abs{F} = p^n\).

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