Title :
Solving equations in finite fields and some results concerning the structure of GF(pm)
Author_Institution :
Deutsche Budespost Telekom, Darmstadt, Germany
fDate :
5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
New methods are given to solve equations over finite fields. The methods exploit the structure of GF(pm) and are first developed for fields of characteristic two. Then the results are generalized for fields of characteristic p>2
Keywords :
information theory; iterative methods; polynomials; GF(pm); finite fields; information theory; iterative algorithm; polynomials; Block codes; Cryptography; Decoding; Equations; Galois fields; Iterative algorithms; Iterative methods; Knee; Polynomials;
Journal_Title :
Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on