Field whose group of units is finitely generated

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Let $k$ be a field such that its group of units $k^\times$ is finitely generated ; then is it true that $k$ is finite ? I can only show that $\text{char}(k) >0$ . Please help . Thanks in advance

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Such a field would be a quotient of $R=\Bbb Z[X_1,\ldots,X_n]$. It is fairly well-known that all quotient fields of $R$ are finite. If you know the characteristic is $p$, then such a field is a quotient of $\Bbb F_p[X_1,\ldots,X_n]$ and so by the Nullstellensatz is a finite extension of $\Bbb F_p$.

(I omit the proof that the characteristic in nonzero; that is another application of the Nullstellensatz.)