(1) Lehrstuhl IV für Mathematik, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Abstract:
Let G be a finite group,
a normal subgroup, p a prime,
a finite splitting field of characteristic p for
G and
We prove that
is a splitting field for N, using the action
of the Galois group of the field extension
on the irreducible representations of N.
As
is a splitting field for the symmetric group
Sn
we get as a corollary that
is a splitting field for the alternating group
An.
Received: 31 July 2003