Re: [sage-devel] gcd of polynomials over finite fields

2012-11-04 Thread William Stein
On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Xavier Caruso wrote: > I realized that computing gcd and Bezout coefficients of polynomials > of high degree over finite field is quite slow: > > sage: k. = GF(2^50) > sage: A. = k[] > sage: a = A.random_element(200) > sage: b = A.random_element(199) > sage: timeit(

[sage-devel] gcd of polynomials over finite fields

2012-11-04 Thread Xavier Caruso
I realized that computing gcd and Bezout coefficients of polynomials of high degree over finite field is quite slow: sage: k. = GF(2^50) sage: A. = k[] sage: a = A.random_element(200) sage: b = A.random_element(199) sage: timeit("d,u,v = a.xgcd(b)") 5 loops, best of 3: 15.6 s per loop And it's a