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Galois field

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Galois field

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Named after French mathematician Évariste Galois (1811–1832).

noun Galois fields

  1. A finite field; a field that contains a finite number of elements. The Galois field #92;mathrm#123;GF#125;(pⁿ) has order pⁿ and characteristic p.

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noun term for finite field derived from Évariste Galois's name — see also finite field

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@misc{galois_field_2026,
  title = {Galois field},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galois%20field},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}