#8373: Construct finite fields with primitive defining polynomial
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Reporter: rkirov | Owner: cpernet
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone: sage-6.4
Component: finite rings | Resolution:
Keywords: | Merged in:
Authors: Jeroen Demeyer | Reviewers:
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues:
Branch: | Commit:
Dependencies: #16927 | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by jdemeyer):
Replying to [comment:11 pbruin]:
> Some finite field implementations accept a string `modulus`, but this
should be obsolete
Why should it be obsolete? I think the syntax
{{{
k.<a> = GF(p^n, modulus="primitive")
}}}
is very good to have. Note that the actual modulus polynomial is computed
before the implementation is even considered. So it's not that every
finite field implementation needs to be aware of this.
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