You can just use the random_matrix command:
sage: random_matrix(GF(5), 4, 4)
[3 0 4 3]
[4 1 1 4]
[2 3 3 4]
[4 4 1 0]
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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Minh Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Perhaps someone can give a better answer to the question below? I
> haven't explored
On Nov 30, 2008, at 17:34 , Minh Nguyen wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Perhaps someone can give a better answer to the question below? I
> haven't explored enough with random matrices and finite fields in Sage
> to competently answer the question.
MS = MatrixSpace(GF(5), 4, 4)
M = MS.random_element()