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Chapters 3, 5, and 6 deal with polynomials over finite fields. A characterization of a class of optimal threeweight cyclic codes of dimension 3 over any finite field. Orel, a note on adjacency preservers on hermitian matrices over finite fields, finite fields and their applications, v. Finite fields and applications proceedings of the fifth international conference on finite fields and applications fq 5, held at the university of augsburg, germany, august 26, 1999. Cambridge university press 05292314 finite fields rudolf. Algebra and number theory have always been counted among the most beautiful and fundamental mathematical areas with deep proofs and elegant results. The most common examples of finite fields are given by the integers mod p when. Math5645 finite fields and applications semester 2, 2015. Several classes of permutation polynomials over finite fields. Editorial a decade of finite fields and theirapplications. A new efficient factorization algorithm for polynomials. In mathematics, a finite field or galois field sonamed in honor of evariste galois is a field that contains a finite number of elements. More than 80 international contributors compile stateoftheart research in this definitive handbook.
Constructing finite fields another idea that can be used as a basis for a representation is the fact that the nonzero elements of a finite field can all be written as powers of a primitive element. Chapter 7 deals with quasirandom points in view of applications to numerical integration using quasimonte carlo methods and simulation. The maximum element order in the groups related to the linear groups which is a multiple of the defining characteristic. This book is devoted entirely to the theory of finite fields, and it provides comprehensive coverage of the literature.
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Chapters 4 and 9 consider problems related to coding theory studied via finite geometry and additive combinatorics, respectively. Chapter 7 covers some of the applications of finite fields to other areas of mathematics, notably affine and projective geometry, combinatorics, linear modular systems, and simulation of randomness. Bibliographical notes at the end of each chapter give an historical. This book is designed as a textbook edition of our monograph finite fields which appeared in 1983 as volume 20 of the encyclopedia of. We discuss an elementary, yet unsolved, problem of niederreiter concerning the enumeration of a class of subspaces of finite dimensional vector spaces over finite fields. Finite fields are eminently useful for the design of algorithms for generating pseudorandom numbers and quasirandom points and in the analysis of the output of such algorithms. Theory and applications, projective geometries over finite fields. Finite fields and applications proceedings of the fifth international conference on finite fields and applications fq5, held at the university of augsburg, germany, august 26, 1999.