Some special subfields and generating invariants of transcendental extensions (Q1825903)

Among some special subfields of transcendental extensions which have been subjects of recent investigations are the distinguished subfields, forms, and Galois subfields. The present paper intends to establish a crucial relationship between an extension L/K of type \(R_ S(S)\) and its forms in terms of some canonical generating invariants called Pickert invariants. Specifically, it is shown that if F/K is a form of L/K then F/K and L/K have the same Pickert invariants. The converse is false unless L/K is finitely generated.