On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Nick Alexander wrote:
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>
> On 6-May-09, at 12:32 AM, Craig Citro wrote:
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>>> Just out of curiosity, could you comment on my proposal that "order"
>>> be removed, and replaced
>>> by *only* additive_order and multiplicative_order? I personally
>>> never
>>> us
On 6-May-09, at 12:32 AM, Craig Citro wrote:
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>> Just out of curiosity, could you comment on my proposal that "order"
>> be removed, and replaced
>> by *only* additive_order and multiplicative_order? I personally
>> never
>> use order anymore, since I'm
>> always scared it is the wrong order
+1 though perhaps it should just be deprecated, along with a message
saying to use multiplicative or additive order specifically.
John
2009/5/6 Kwankyu :
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> Hi William,
>
> I agree with you. +1 on removing the confusing "order".
>
> Kwankyu
> >
>
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Hi William,
I agree with you. +1 on removing the confusing "order".
Kwankyu
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On May 6, 2009, at 12:32 AM, Craig Citro wrote:
>
>> Just out of curiosity, could you comment on my proposal that "order"
>> be removed, and replaced
>> by *only* additive_order and multiplicative_order? I personally
>> never
>> use order anymore, since I'm
>> always scared it is the wrong ord
> Just out of curiosity, could you comment on my proposal that "order"
> be removed, and replaced
> by *only* additive_order and multiplicative_order? I personally never
> use order anymore, since I'm
> always scared it is the wrong order.
>
I'm definitely +1 on this -- I always resort to the me
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Kwankyu wrote:
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> Hi William,
>
> All right. I thought F* is the natural group structure on "F".
But F* is not equal to F. :-)
> I want
> to mention that additive order function is not even defined for
> elements of finite fields in Magma.
Just out of curiosi
Hi William,
All right. I thought F* is the natural group structure on "F". I want
to mention that additive order function is not even defined for
elements of finite fields in Magma.
Kwankyu
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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:50 PM, Kwankyu wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> This is surprising to me.
>
> sage: F. = GF(2^3)
> sage: a.order(),a.additive_order(),a.multiplicative_order()
> (2, 2, 7)
>
> Who is interested in the additive order of a? I think that order()
> should be aliased to multiplicative_order
