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In mathematics, a finite field or Galois field (so-named in honor of Évariste Galois) is a field that contains a finite number of elements.As with any field, a finite field is a set on which the operations of multiplication, addition, subtraction and division are defined and satisfy certain basic rules.
The field F is uniquely determined by these properties, up to a field automorphism (i.e. essentially up to the notation of its elements). F is countable and contains a single copy of each of the finite fields GF(2 n); the copy of GF(2 n) is contained in the copy of GF(2 m) if and only if n divides m.
There exist infinite fields of prime characteristic. For example, the field of all rational functions over /, the algebraic closure of / or the field of formal Laurent series / (()). The size of any finite ring of prime characteristic p is a power of p.
For example, in algebraic number theory, one often does Galois theory using number fields, finite fields or local fields as the base field. It allows one to more easily study infinite extensions. Again this is important in algebraic number theory, where for example one often discusses the absolute Galois group of Q , defined to be the Galois ...
For a field k, a finite-dimensional, unital, associative algebra is Frobenius if and only if the injective right A-module Hom k (A,k) is isomorphic to the right regular representation of A. For an infinite field k, a finite-dimensional, unital, associative k-algebra is a Frobenius algebra if it has only finitely many minimal right ideals.
By making a modular multiplicative inverse table for the finite field and doing a lookup. By mapping to a composite field where inversion is simpler, and mapping back. By constructing a special integer (in case of a finite field of a prime order) or a special polynomial (in case of a finite field of a non-prime order) and dividing it by a. [7]
It is a modification of finite element method. The method divides the domain concerned into sections of infinite length. In contrast with a finite element which is approximated by polynomial expressions on a finite support, the unbounded length of the infinite element is fitted with functions allowing the evaluation of the field at the asymptote.
Characteristics may fail to cover part of the domain of the PDE. This is called a rarefaction, and indicates the solution typically exists only in a weak, i.e. integral equation, sense. The direction of the characteristic lines indicates the flow of values through the solution, as the example above demonstrates.