On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Simon King <simon.k...@uni-jena.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2013-05-05, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> F =3D GF(3)
>>> R.<x> =3D F[]
>>> T(x)=3D5*x^2+3
>>
>> This is wrong.  Do T=3D5*x^2+3 instead.
>
> To elaborate a bit more:

(Thanks!  I was sneakily typing on my cell phone yesterday when I
answered that.)

>
> By
>   T(x) = 3*x^2+3
> you define T as a symbolic function (not as a polynomial) in the
> new symbolic variable x. Hence, after this line, x is a symbolic
> variable and not the generator of a polynomial ring.
>
> Best regards,
> Simon
>
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