If p is a prime positive integer, find all subfields of GF(p)

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If p is a prime positive integer, find all subfields of GF(p)

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Any subfield necessarily contains the multiplicative identity, $1$. Because the characteristic of $\mbox{GF}(p)$ is $p$, we know that $1$ generates an additive subgroup of order $p$, which can only be $\mbox{GF}(p)$ itself. Hence any subfield containing $1$ also contains $\mbox{GF}(p)$. It follows that there are no proper subfields.