Re: Polynomdivision with coefficients in Z_n

Ralf Hemmecke <[email protected]> Tue, 25 Nov 2014 00:23:48 +0100

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On 11/25/2014 12:17 AM, Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> For non-prime-powers use IntegerMod.

Oh, but wait... you still have not specified what you meant by "to
divide polynoms".

Do you know that Z_6[x] has zero divisors. Try to compute
(2*x-4)*(3*x+3). So what is 0/(3*x+3)? Is it 2 or 4 or 2*x+2 or 2*x^2+4
or ...?

Ralf