Let $F$ be a field. When happens that the additive group of $F$ is isomorphic to the multiplicative group?
It is easily to work out that $F$ must have characteristic $0$, but then what?
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Let $F$ be a field. When happens that the additive group of $F$ is isomorphic to the multiplicative group?
It is easily to work out that $F$ must have characteristic $0$, but then what?
Best Answer
If you already have that char$\,\Bbb F=0\;$ then what does $\;-1\;$ map to? This is an element of order two in $\;\Bbb F^*\;$ so it must map to an element of order two in $\;\Bbb F\;$ .