finite fields and gaussian elimination



It is 48 variables and 48 equations (maybe not that large by some  
standards). The main point is that I want to do it over a finite  
field. It is fairly sparse too.

Ruben

On 17/05/2007, at 2:28 AM, William Stein wrote:

> On 5/15/07, Ruben Zilibowitz <rzilibowitz at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a large system of linear equations in Z_2 I would like to
>> solve. Is it possible to do this using maxima? I have tried using the
>> function linsolve but this solves my equations over the rationals.
>
> How large is your system?  Is it dense or sparse?
>
> William