I was trying to figure out if SAGE can raise to the pth power quickly in characteristic p. It seems that it doesn't. Am I right to think that or am I missing something? Here is what led me to this
sage: F = FiniteField(3) sage: P.<x> = PolynomialRing(F) sage: PP.<y> = PolynomialRing(P) sage: u = x^6 + y^7 + 1 sage: for e in range(237, 248): ...: time r = u^e ...: CPU times: user 27.97 s, sys: 0.07 s, total: 28.04 s Wall time: 28.08 s CPU times: user 28.03 s, sys: 0.03 s, total: 28.06 s Wall time: 28.08 s CPU times: user 27.50 s, sys: 0.04 s, total: 27.54 s Wall time: 27.56 s CPU times: user 27.15 s, sys: 0.03 s, total: 27.17 s Wall time: 27.18 s CPU times: user 27.46 s, sys: 0.04 s, total: 27.50 s Wall time: 27.51 s CPU times: user 26.66 s, sys: 0.03 s, total: 26.69 s Wall time: 26.70 s CPU times: user 27.14 s, sys: 0.03 s, total: 27.18 s Wall time: 27.20 s CPU times: user 27.29 s, sys: 0.06 s, total: 27.35 s Wall time: 27.46 s CPU times: user 26.35 s, sys: 0.04 s, total: 26.38 s Wall time: 26.39 s CPU times: user 26.21 s, sys: 0.03 s, total: 26.24 s Wall time: 26.25 s CPU times: user 26.42 s, sys: 0.03 s, total: 26.46 s Wall time: 26.47 s sage: -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
