Conjugation of Gal$(f)$, considered as a subgroup of $S_n$

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Given a field $F$ and $f(x) \in F[x]$ a separable polynomial of degree $n$, and denote the roots of $f$ by $\alpha_1,…,\alpha_n$. We can consider the Galois group Gal$(f)$ as a subgroup, $H$, of $S_n$. Keith Conrad states:

"Two different choices for indexing the roots of f(T) can lead to different subgroups of Sn, but they will be conjugate subgroups"

(Link: https://kconrad.math.uconn.edu/blurbs/galoistheory/galoisaspermgp.pdf)

My question is how does one prove the above statement – or in other words; that permutation of $\alpha_1,…,\alpha_n$ is that same as conjugation of $H$ inside $S_n$?

I know that two groups, say $H$, $T$ (where $T$ is a group in $S_n$ which corresponds to permutation of roots of Gal$(f)$), are conjugate inside $S_n$ iff there exist a $\pi\in S_n$ s.t.:
\begin{equation}
H=\pi T \pi^{-1}
\end{equation}

But how does one prove that this equality holds?

Best Answer

The proof of this question is to be found in:

https://kconrad.math.uconn.edu/blurbs/grouptheory/conjclass.pdf

(another paper from Keith Conrad)

More precisely, it follows straight from thr 5.1. in the paper.

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