Setting GF(2) in share/contrib/gf.mac doesn't terminate?
Subject: Setting GF(2) in share/contrib/gf.mac doesn't terminate?
From: Alasdair McAndrew
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:28:52 +1100
This should work: certainly you should find that gf_set(2,1,x+1) should
work. I am not at the moment heavily involved in developing this package,
but I'll look into it.
Thanks,
Alasdair
On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Matthew Gwynne <mathew.gwynne at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been using share/contrib/gf.mac (Galois Fields package) for some
> work and came across a problem trying to represent GF(2). I tried
>
> gf_set(2,1,[x]);
>
> but this seems to lead to non-termination. I am wondering if perhaps I
> am providing the parameters incorrectly or misunderstanding something?
>
> I have filled a bug for this at
>
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=104933&aid=1913047&group_id=4933
> as I imagine it should not lead to non-termination in either case, but
> am wondering in the mean time if anyone knows anything about the issue
> and if I am doing something silly?
>
> Matthew Gwynne
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