Finite Field Arithmetic in Ruby

Arithmetic over finite fields in Ruby

Here's an example multiplication table generator: http://therobert.org/finite_fields

Examples

irb(main):104:0> ff = FiniteField.new(5, 2)
Constructing irreducible polynomial...
Found Polynomial of degree 2 mod 5: x^2 + 3x + 4...
You can now play with this field as it is realized inside F_5[X] / (x^2 + 3x + 4)
=> Finite Field of degree 25 = 5^2 represented by F_25[x] / (x^2 + 3x + 4)
irb(main):105:0> x = FiniteFieldElement.new(ff, 1, 0)
=> x
irb(main):106:0> x + 1
=> x + 1
irb(main):107:0> x + 5
=> x
irb(main):108:0> 1/x
=> x + 3
irb(main):109:0> x**2
=> 2x + 1
irb(main):110:0> x**3
=> 2
irb(main):111:0> x**-3
=> 3
irb(main):112:0> x**2 / (x**3 + 1)
=> 4x + 2
irb(main):113:0> 1 / x
=> x + 3
irb(main):114:0> 5 - x/(x+1)
=> 2x + 3