> > By contrast F.multiplicative_gen() does make sense for all finite > > fields so should be provided, though not necessarily computed until > > requested for the reasons given by Martin. (It seems that with the > > current implementation of non-prime fiinite fields this comes for > > free, but that might change.) > > Only for the Givaro ones, i.e., up to 2^16. For general fields it is not > for free, unfortunately (I think).
I think it is 'free' for all extension fields because we either represent the field elements as powers of the generators or as polynomials in the generator. Martin -- name: Martin Albrecht _pgp: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8EF0DC99 _www: http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~malb _jab: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
