Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of Ticket #12142


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Jul 13, 2013, 5:50:58 PM (10 years ago)
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  • Ticket #12142 – Description

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    37 This ticket implements an interface to PARI's FFELT type for non-prime finite fields.  It is not the default yet, but it can be tested by constructing finite fields as follows, for ''p'' prime and ''n'' >= 2:
     37This ticket implements an interface to PARI's FFELT type for non-prime finite fields.  It can be tested by constructing finite fields as follows, for ''p'' prime and ''n'' >= 2:
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    3939sage: F.<a> = FiniteField(p^n, impl='pari_ffelt')
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    41 This implementation should probably become the default for finite fields of characteristic > 2 and cardinality > 2^16^, superseding the existing PARI polmod implementation.
     41This implementation should probably become the default for non-prime finite fields of characteristic > 2 and cardinality > 2^16^, superseding the existing PARI polmod implementation.  This switch is the goal of ticket #14888.
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    4343Apply: [attachment:trac_12142-FiniteField_pari_ffelt.improved.patch], [attachment:trac_12142-singular_conversion.patch]