Finite fields and applications

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mullen Gary L.
Group Author: Mummert Carl, 1978-
Published: American Mathematical Society,
Publisher Address: Providence, R.I.
Publication Dates: c2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: ; v. 41
Subjects:
Carrier Form: ix, 175 p.: ill. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780821844182 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0821844180 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: O153
CLC: O153.4
Call Number: O153.4/M958
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-169) and index.
Finite fields -- Combinatorics -- Algebraic coding theory -- Cryptography.
Introduction to the theory of finite fields and to some of their many applications. The first chapter is devoted to the theory of finite fields. After covering their construction and elementary properties, the authors discuss the trace and norm function