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The field Q of rationals is a subfield of the field R of reals, which is, in turn, a subfield of the field C of complex numbers. We then write Q≺R≺C and say that R is an intermediate field of the extension C over Q.
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Fenrick, M.H. (1998). Field Extensions. In: Introduction to the Galois Correspondence. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1792-3_2
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