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Galois theory, named after Évariste Galois, provides a connection between field theory and group theory. Using Galois theory, certain problems in field theory can be reduced to group theory, which is, in some sense, simpler and better understood.

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The inverse Galois problem, what is it good for?

Just to illustrate that the inverse Galois problem in specific cases can be useful. In my master thesis (2016-2017), I used the inverse Galois problem of cyclic groups over $\mathbb{Q}$ to construct …