Infinite Galois theory and $ \mathbb{N}^{ \mathbb{N}} $.

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I recently tried exploring a little bit of infinite Galois theory, although not in depth as i just wanted to build a few basic elements of the theory before going back to the classical finite theory.

Up until now i have defined the Krull Topology on a Galois extension E/K and given necessary and sufficient conditions on subsets of a group to be the neighbourhood system of the neutral element of that topological group. I have noticed that if E/K is a finite extension then we get the discrete topology on G.

I am not sure where to start with the following questions :

  • Let H be a subgroup of G with $K^H = K $. Show that for all Galois sub-extension L of E, finite over K, any K-automorphism of L is the restriction of an automorphism belonging to H.

  • By considering G a subset of $ \mathbb{N}^{ \mathbb{N}} $ reformulate this last result as " H is dense in G".

  • Show that the topology of $ G = Gal(E/K)$ is induced by the product topology of the discrete topologies on the factors of $ \mathbb{N}^{ \mathbb{N}} $.

  • Deduce from this that the topological group G is compact and totally disconnected.

If i am not mistaken, these questions enable us to study G without using the language of profinite groups. But how exactly, in simple terms, do I consider G as a subset of the sequence space $ \mathbb{N}^{ \mathbb{N}} $ ?