Are there nonisomorphic fields with isomorphic multiplicative groups?

This is false for finite fields as the multiplicative groups of finite fields are cyclic, and different cardinalities yield cyclic groups of different cardinalities. But I'm unsure how to proceed for infinite fields.


Solution 1:

The multiplicative groups ${\Bbb F}_3(X)^\times$ and $\Bbb Q^\times$ are both isomorphic to the sum of $C_2$ (corresponding to $\Bbb F_3^\times$ and $\Bbb Z^\times$) with a free abelian group of countable rank (generated by the primes of $\Bbb Z$ and the irreducible polynomials in $\Bbb F_3[X]$ respectively).