Re: [math-fun] Where do roots live in GF(2^k) ?

* Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> [Jul 22. 2017 14:26]:

Thanks, Dan.

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I was hoping for something as elegant as the complex numbers with their usual topology.

Now, long after my (naive, failed) attempts to somehow nicely visualize things like polynomial roots over GF(p^k), I strongly suspect the problem really is in that "topology" thing. I'd be very grateful if someone could elaborate. Best regards, jj

Perhaps I need to check back in about 300 years?

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