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How to compute the sums of squares of elements of a quotient ring?

Hi,

I'm new to Sage, and I would like to be able to test, given some q, whether \sum_{p(t) \in \mathbb{F}_{q}[t]/(f)}^{}{p^2(t)}=k \bmod (f) for some fixed f \in \mathbb{F}_q [t] and k \in \mathbb{F}_q.

I can get as far as (for q=3 and f=x^2+1):

sage:    R = PolynomialRing(GF(3),'x'); x = R.gen()
sage:    S = R.quotient(x^2 + 1)

But I'm not sure how to sum over all the elements of the quotient ring, let alone their squares.

Any hints?

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How to compute the sums of squares of elements of a quotient ring?

Hi,

I'm new to Sage, and I would like to be able to test, given some q, whether \sum_{p(t) \in \mathbb{F}_{q}[t]/(f)}^{}{p^2(t)}=k \bmod (f) for some fixed f \in \mathbb{F}_q [t] and k \in \mathbb{F}_q.

I can get as far as (for q=3 and f=x^2+1):

sage:    R = PolynomialRing(GF(3),'x'); x = R.gen()
sage:    S = R.quotient(x^2 + 1)

But I'm not sure how to sum over all the elements of the quotient ring, let alone their squares.

Any hints?