(warning, blatant patch marketing) You think this is a shame:
----------------------------------------------------------- Magma: R<x>:=PolynomialRing(GF(2)); P:=x^257+x^31+x^2+x+1; time IsPrimitive(P); true Time: 0.010 ----------------------------------------------------------- Sage: R.<x>=GF(2)[] P=x^257+x^31+x^2+x+1 time P.is_primitive() [still waiting] ----------------------------------------------------------- then, take a look at trac tickets #7239 and #7340 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
