# Is there an algebraic closed field which contains the complex field $\mathbb{C}$ strictly?

So we know that $$\mathbb{C}$$ itself is algebraically closed. But I was thinking if there maybe is an algebraically closed field which contains $$\mathbb{C}$$ strictly, so that it is not equal to $$\mathbb{C}$$.

I considered the quaternions, as discussed in Is the set of quaternions $\mathbb{H}$ algebraically closed? but couldn't really figure out wether it was algebraically closed or not. So do the quaternions fulfill my statement or is there another field? Or can someone prove the statement is false?

• The quaternions are not a field (at least usually you require a field to be commutative). – Julian Kuelshammer Aug 19 at 8:15
• Look at en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/…. This strictly limits finite dimension extensions. Are you considering infinite dimension extensions? – badjohn Aug 19 at 8:17
• Okay, so we can drop the quaternions, but is there another field then? – Belgium_Physics Aug 19 at 8:18
• Any field has an algebraic closure. Consider the algebraic closure of $\mathbb C(x)$. – Wojowu Aug 19 at 8:20

As was mentioned in the comments, the algebraical closure of $$\mathbb{C}(x)$$ provides an example.