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There is the more general fact that any automorphism of any subfield of $\mathbb{C}$ can be extended to an automorphism of $\mathbb{C}$. For a proof, see the paper Automorphisms of the Complex Numbers by Paul Yale of Pomona College. Here is a JSTOR link. In general, if $k$ is an arbitrary (EDIT: algebraically closed) field, my guess would be Yale' argument could be easily extended to show that any automorphism of a subfield $h\subset k$ can be extended to an automorphism of $k$.

There is the more general fact that any automorphism of any subfield of $\mathbb{C}$ can be extended to an automorphism of $\mathbb{C}$. For a proof, see the paper Automorphisms of the Complex Numbers by Paul Yale of Pomona College. Here is a JSTOR link. In general, if $k$ is an arbitrary field, my guess would be Yale' argument could be easily extended to show that any automorphism of a subfield $h\subset k$ can be extended to an automorphism of $k$.

There is the more general fact that any automorphism of any subfield of $\mathbb{C}$ can be extended to an automorphism of $\mathbb{C}$. For a proof, see the paper Automorphisms of the Complex Numbers by Paul Yale of Pomona College. Here is a JSTOR link. In general, if $k$ is an arbitrary (EDIT: algebraically closed) field, my guess would be Yale' argument could be easily extended to show that any automorphism of a subfield $h\subset k$ can be extended to an automorphism of $k$.

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Daniel Miller
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There is the more general fact that any automorphism of any subfield of $\mathbb{C}$ can be extended to an automorphism of $\mathbb{C}$. For a proof, see the paper Automorphisms of the Complex Numbers by Paul Yale of Pomona College. Here is a JSTOR link. In general, if $k$ is an arbitrary field, my guess would be Yale' argument could be easily extended to show that any automorphism of a subfield $h\subset k$ can be extended to an automorphism of $k$.