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- From: mkrogers@unix.amherst.edu (MICHAEL K ROGERS)
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- Subject: Re: Finite field software?
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- Date: 13 Oct 92 15:06:54 GMT
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- william.j.hery (wjh@cbnewsl.cb.att.com) wrote:
- : Does anyone know of software (C or C++ routines would be fine) for
- : doing calculations in finite fields. Particularly needed are routines
- : for polynomials (manipulation, finding irreducibles, finding primitve
- : roots, etc.) over fintite fields, including "polynomials of polinomials"
- : i. e., polynomials over an extention field which is itself a field of
- : polynomials modulo an irreducible polynomial over the prime field.
- :
- : Public domain software preferred, but not required.
-
- I believe Pari will do this. It is available from math.ucla.edu
- via anonymous ftp. It consists of both a library and a programmable
- calculator.
-
- -mike rogers
- mkr@cs.amherst.edu
-