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Is this true?

Every extension of degree n has a Galois group of order n

No — it is false.

The counterexample

has degree 3 but only the identity automorphism

The extension is not normal — the other cube roots are not real. Order = degree only for Galois extensions.

Others that fail the same way

From Rings and FieldsGalois theory essentials

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