Concept information
Preferred term
finite field
Definition
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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 most common examples of finite fields are given by the integers mod p when p is a prime number.
(Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_field)
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Galois field
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French
URI
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