[GAP Forum] How do I study fields like ZN[X}/<poly> in GAP

Sopsku rrburns at cox.net
Thu Jun 27 22:52:14 BST 2013


Dear Forum,

I am new to GAP and trying hard to come up to speed with all the GAP
documentation.

In particular I can't figure out which functions are available to set up and
solve the following (rather simple) problem:

Consider the a finite field over n elements over a polynomial, for example,
the field Z_2[X]/<x^2+x+1>. Find the elements and give the addition and
multiplication tables.

(I have no problem solving this "by hand" (or using Mathematica), but I
can't seem  to figure how to get the job done in GAP)

Thank you for any specific solution or even pointers to the GAP functions
that I should be using.
   Sopsku




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