+1. I'm trying to coercions between finite fields to behave automatically, which leads to needing nth roots in finite fields for large n (exactly the situation Yann is talking about). Not having to worry about factoring p^k-1 would be really nice: I'm already having to worry about various speed issues in object creation if this change works out. David
On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 6:16 PM, YannLC <yannlaiglecha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That said, it is probably reasonable to make your package standard. > > > > Yes, surely. That's why I suggested bringing the discussion here for > > a vote. YannLC needs to make his case! > > Here comes my arguments: > * it's useful for people working with small characteristic finite > fields. > (maybe other use cases...) > * it's something Magma have and Sage don't yet > * it's small: less than 0.5Mb > * it's harmless: no compilation, data is just a list of integers > > my vote: > +1 to make it standard as soon as possible (I might not be very > neutral though) > > > -- > 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<sage-devel%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org >
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