#7931: Improved nth root for finite fields and integer_mods
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   Reporter:  roed         |       Owner:  AlexGhitza             
       Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  needs_review           
   Priority:  major        |   Milestone:  sage-4.3.2             
  Component:  algebra      |    Keywords:  finite fields, nth root
     Author:  David Roe    |    Upstream:  N/A                    
   Reviewer:               |      Merged:                         
Work_issues:               |  
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Comment(by rishi):

 Is there something I am missing?
 {{{
 sage: K = GF(31)
 sage: b=K(22)^200
 sage: b.nth_root(200)
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 ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call
 last)

 
/virtual/scratch/rishi/sage-4.3.1.alpha2-sage.math.washington.edu-x86_64-Linux/<ipython
 console> in <module>()

 
/virtual/scratch/rishi/sage-4.3.1.alpha2-sage.math.washington.edu-x86_64-Linux/local/lib/python2.6
 /site-packages/sage/rings/integer_mod.so in
 sage.rings.integer_mod.IntegerMod_abstract.nth_root
 (sage/rings/integer_mod.c:11446)()

 ValueError: no nth root
 sage:

 }}}

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