• In mathematics, the Conway polynomial Cp,n for the finite field Fpn is a particular irreducible polynomial of degree n over Fp that can be used to define...
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  • mathematics, Conway polynomial can refer to: the Alexander–Conway polynomial in knot theory the Conway polynomial (finite fields) the polynomial of degree...
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  • {F} _{q^{m}}.} Such a construction may be obtained by Conway polynomials. Although finite fields are not algebraically closed, they are quasi-algebraically...
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    1960s, John Conway came up with a skein relation for a version of the Alexander polynomial, usually referred to as the Alexander–Conway polynomial. The significance...
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  • the first knot polynomial, in 1923. In 1969, John Conway showed a version of this polynomial, now called the Alexander–Conway polynomial, could be computed...
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    Most cryptographic protocols rely on finite fields, i.e., fields with finitely many elements. The theory of fields proves that angle trisection and squaring...
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  • polynomial (finite fields) – an irreducible polynomial used in finite field theory Conway puzzle – a packing problem invented by Conway using rectangular...
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  • In the mathematical field of knot theory, the Jones polynomial is a knot polynomial discovered by Vaughan Jones in 1984. Specifically, it is an invariant...
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    John Horton Conway FRS (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician. He was active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number...
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    name of the award honours the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. The Fields Medal is regarded as one of the highest honors a mathematician can...
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    classification of finite simple groups (popularly called the enormous theorem) is a result of group theory stating that every finite simple group is either...
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  • the mathematical field of knot theory, the HOMFLY polynomial or HOMFLYPT polynomial, sometimes called the generalized Jones polynomial, is a 2-variable...
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  • GF(2) (redirect from Binary field)
    divides m. The field F is countable and is the union of all these finite fields. Conway realized that F can be identified with the ordinal number ω ω ω...
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  • proof of the Carlitz–Wan conjecture on exceptional polynomials: an elementary version". Finite Fields and Their Applications. 1 (3): 372–375. doi:10.1006/ffta...
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    polynomial, and the Kauffman polynomial. A variant of the Alexander polynomial, the Alexander–Conway polynomial, is a polynomial in the variable z with integer...
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    and the AKS primality test, which always produces the correct answer in polynomial time but is too slow to be practical. Particularly fast methods are available...
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  • particularly in the field of complex analysis, the Hadamard factorization theorem asserts that every entire function with finite order can be represented...
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  • finite number of points removed, and furthermore, Tg generates the field of meromorphic functions on this sphere. Based on their computations, Conway...
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  • mathematics, a quadratic form is a polynomial with terms all of degree two ("form" is another name for a homogeneous polynomial). For example, 4 x 2 + 2 x y...
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    Complex number (redirect from Complex field)
    field is called p-adic complex numbers. The fields R , {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ,} Q p , {\displaystyle \mathbb {Q} _{p},} and their finite field extensions...
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    developed out of several fields of mathematics. The original motivation for group theory was the quest for solutions of polynomial equations of degree higher...
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  • needed] It is clear that any finite set { c n } {\displaystyle \{c_{n}\}} of points in the complex plane has an associated polynomial p ( z ) = ∏ n ( z − c n...
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  • form a subfield of the field of algebraic numbers, and include the quadratic surds. Algebraic integer: A root of a monic polynomial with integer coefficients...
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    are therefore not algebraic and admit no faithful finite-dimensional representations. Over finite fields, the Lang–Steinberg theorem implies that H1(k, E7)...
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  • Semiring (redirect from Conway semiring)
    Zbl 1088.68117. Droste & Kuich (2009), p. 15, Theorem 3.4 Conway, J.H. (1971). Regular algebra and finite machines. London: Chapman and Hall. ISBN 0-412-10620-5...
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    and Laguerre polynomials as well as Chebyshev polynomials, Jacobi polynomials and Hermite polynomials. All of these actually appear in physical problems...
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  • Waerden's theorem Hales–Jewett theorem Umbral calculus, binomial type polynomial sequences Combinatorial species Algebraic combinatorics Analytic combinatorics...
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  • Nimber (category Finite fields)
    no field GF(2k) with k not a power of 2 is contained in any of those fields, and therefore not in their direct limit; for instance the polynomial x3 +...
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    theorem, was published by in 1997. Vaughan Jones originally defined his polynomial as a braid invariant and then showed that it depended only on the class...
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    in F. Since the field of constructible points is closed under square roots, it contains all points that can be obtained by a finite sequence of quadratic...
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