On 2012-03-21, clinton bowen <clinton.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there a way to derive irreducible polynomials of degree n for the field F > 2? I am looking for the set of all irreducible polynomials of degree n=31. This is a huge set... IMHO blindly generating it in reasonable time is out of the question. What kind of task do you want to do with them?
> If so, how is it done in sage? surely you can get one such polynomial, e.g.: sage: f=GF(2^31,'a') sage: f.polynomial() a^31 + a^3 + 1 This one is used to define f as F_2[a]/(a^31 + a^3 + 1) Best, Dmitrii > > Thanks, > > clinton > -- 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