Re: Galois Field operations
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- Subject: [mg24935] Re: [mg24891] Galois Field operations
- From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl at wolfram.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:22:44 -0400 (EDT)
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Matthew Peacock wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to do some work with polynomials that have coefficients from > GF(16) using Mathematica 2.2. I have downloaded the package from MathSource > that allows the manipulation of finite field elements, but Mathematica just > carks it if I try to expand the following expression: > > Expand[(x-GF[2])(x-GF[2]^2)(x-GF[2])(x-GF[2]^3)(x-GF[2]^4)(x-GF[2]^5)(x-GF[2 > ]^6)] > Has anybody any idea whether: > - this is a reasonable thing to ask Mathematica to do > - there is a better package or (dare I say) software package to do this > with? > > Thanks, > > Mat Peacock Not clear to me exactly what you are trying to do in the example above. As for general technology for working in finite fields, here are some URLs. These go to mathgroup posts that indicate how one might implement specific finite field functionality http://library.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/1997/Feb/msg00149.html http://library.wolfram.com/mathgroup/archive/1998/Nov/msg00195.html This is for a conference notebook that shows how one might do linear algebra over a finite field. http://library.wolfram.com/conferences/conference98/ --> "Under Logic and Symbolic Computation" (approximately mid-page) click on "Symbolic FAQ" I hope something from the above is of use to you. Daniel Lichtblau Wolfram Research
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- From: "Matthew Peacock" <mpeac@labyrinth.net.au>
- Galois Field operations