> Note that "primitive" is also mis-defined in [HAC] chapter > 2 (def. 2.214) but the correct definition is given in > [HAC] chapter 4 (start of section 4.5).
I've seen definitions of "primitive" in this sense. There is "primitive element" and "primitive polynomial", which are two different things. See for example: http://www.math.umbc.edu/~campbell/NumbThy/Class/Glossary.html or http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/comm/tutor32.shtml In definition 2.214, the HAC talks about a primitive *element*, in section 4.5 it talks about an irreducible *polynomial*. --Anton --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]