[Noisebridge-discuss] Help with finite fields.

[Jason Dusek]

2009/12/03 Linda Brown Westrick <westrick at math.berkeley.edu>:
> The notation / is pronounced "mod" and in both cases of your example
> it refers to taking a quotient ring, which you can read about here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotient_ring
>
> The notation of [T] refers to creating a polynomial ring by throwing
> in a new element T (so, all the elements of the new ring (Z/2Z)[T] are
> polynomials where the coefficients are from (Z/2Z) and the variable is
> T)
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial_ring

  Thank you; this is very clear.

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Jason Dusek