SmallPrimeFieldCategory0

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SmallPrimeFieldCategory0

$\begin{usage} SmallPrimeFieldCategory0: Category \end{usage}$

$\begin{descr} SmallPrimeFieldCategory0~is the category for prime fields of the ... ... Z}/ p {\mathbbm Z}$where $p \in {\mathbbm Z}$\ is a machine prime. \end{descr}$

Exports

`PrimeFieldCategory0`
`coerce`:	`MachineInteger` $\to$ %	conversion to a field element
`discreteLogTable`:	`Cross`(A, A, `Boolean`)	discrete log table if available
`machine`:	% $\to$ `MachineInteger`	conversion to a machine integer

where
A == PrimitiveArray MachineInteger

Subsections

coerce,machine
discreteLogTable

Manuel Bronstein 2000-12-13