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<div><h1>GaloisField -- the class of all Galois fields</h1>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>Functions and methods returning a Galois field :</h2>
<ul><li><span>GF(Ring), see <span><a href="___G__F.html" title="make a finite field">GF</a> -- make a finite field</span></span></li>
<li><span>GF(ZZ), see <span><a href="___G__F.html" title="make a finite field">GF</a> -- make a finite field</span></span></li>
<li><span>GF(ZZ,ZZ), see <span><a href="___G__F.html" title="make a finite field">GF</a> -- make a finite field</span></span></li>
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<h2>Methods that use a Galois field :</h2>
<ul><li><span><a href="_ambient_lp__Galois__Field_rp.html" title="corresponding quotient ring">ambient(GaloisField)</a> -- corresponding quotient ring</span></li>
<li><span>describe(GaloisField), see <span><a href="_describe.html" title="real description">describe</a> -- real description</span></span></li>
<li><span>dim(GaloisField), see <span><a href="_dim_lp__Ring_rp.html" title="compute the Krull dimension">dim(Ring)</a> -- compute the Krull dimension</span></span></li>
<li><span><tt>map(GaloisField,GaloisField)</tt> (missing documentation<!-- tag: (map,GaloisField,GaloisField) -->)</span></li>
<li><span><tt>precision(GaloisField)</tt> (missing documentation<!-- tag: (precision,GaloisField) -->)</span></li>
<li><span>random(GaloisField), see <span><a href="_random_lp__Type_rp.html" title="random element of a type">random(Type)</a> -- random element of a type</span></span></li>
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<div class="waystouse"><h2>For the programmer</h2>
<p>The object <a href="___Galois__Field.html" title="the class of all Galois fields">GaloisField</a> is <span>a <a href="___Type.html">type</a></span>, with ancestor classes <a href="___Engine__Ring.html" title="the class of rings handled by the engine">EngineRing</a> < <a href="___Ring.html" title="the class of all rings">Ring</a> < <a href="___Type.html" title="the class of all types">Type</a> < <a href="___Mutable__Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all mutable hash tables">MutableHashTable</a> < <a href="___Hash__Table.html" title="the class of all hash tables">HashTable</a> < <a href="___Thing.html" title="the class of all things">Thing</a>.</p>
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