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Modular reduction in Galois fields

asked 2013-04-28 07:04:04 +0200

Christian_Kossmann gravatar image

I want to compute x^6 mod x^5+x^2+1 in the Galois Field GF(2^5). Does anyone know how to do this in SAGE?

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answered 2013-04-28 08:18:18 +0200

tmonteil gravatar image

updated 2013-04-28 08:43:24 +0200

First, define k to be the field GF(2^5), whose generator is named a:

sage: k.<a> = FiniteField(2^5); k
Finite Field in a of size 2^5

Alternatively :

sage: k = GF(2^5, 'a'); k
Finite Field in a of size 2^5

Then, define the polynomial ring k[x]:

sage: R.<x> = PolynomialRing(k); R
Univariate Polynomial Ring in x over Finite Field in a of size 2^5

Alternatively:

sage: R = k['x']; R
Univariate Polynomial Ring in x over Finite Field in a of size 2^5

Then, do your computation in R:

sage: P = R(x^6)
sage: P.mod(x^5+x^2+1)
x^3 + x
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Thank you very much - helped me a lot!

Christian_Kossmann gravatar imageChristian_Kossmann ( 2013-04-28 08:58:42 +0200 )edit

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