[sage-support] Re: power representation of finite field elements

2012-09-17 Thread Oleksandr Kazymyrov
Today is easiest way and *secure* to use multiplicative_generator function: sage: K=GF(2^4,'a') sage: K Finite Field in a of size 2^4 sage: b=K.random_element() sage: b.log(K.multiplicative_generator()) 14 sage: K.multiplib.log(K.multiplicative_generator()) K.multiplication_table

[sage-support] Re: power representation of finite field elements

2009-10-31 Thread CalcPage
I'm preparing a talk I'm giving at a local conference next week where I will be demonstrating Sage. I'm wondering about a deprecation warning I've been getting a lot lately. If I define function, say f(x), and I want to evaluate f(x) at x=2, if I enter f(2) I get the warning. I've

[sage-support] Re: power representation of finite field elements

2009-10-31 Thread Kwankyu
I did some experiments for you f=3*x assigns a symbolic expression in x to the variable f. In this case, you should use named argument like f(x=2) On the other hand, f(x)=3*x assigns to f a symbolic function in x. Then you may just type f(2) Cheers Kwankyu