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A field which includes the rational numbers and has finite dimension as a vector space over the rational numbers.
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Number Field Sieve — Algorithme de factorisation par crible sur les corps de nombres généralisé En mathématiques, le crible général de corps de nombres est l algorithme, fondé sur l arithmétique modulaire, pour la décomposition en produit de facteurs premiers le plus … Wikipédia en Français
number field — noun or number system : the aggregate of all numbers of a given type (as integers, irrationals, complex numbers, vectors) which can be combined by addition or multiplication to obtain a result of the same type … Useful english dictionary
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General number field sieve — In number theory, the general number field sieve (GNFS) is the most efficient classical algorithm known for factoring integers larger than 100 digits. Heuristically, its complexity for factoring an integer n (consisting of log2 n bits) is of … Wikipedia
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Special number field sieve — The special number field sieve (SNFS) is a special purpose integer factorization algorithm. The general number field sieve (GNFS) was derived from it.The special number field sieve is efficient for integers of the form r e plusmn; s , where r and … Wikipedia
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Field norm — In mathematics, the (field) norm is a mapping defined in field theory, to map elements of a larger field into a smaller one. Contents 1 Formal definitions 2 Example 3 Further properties 4 See also … Wikipedia
Field with one element — In mathematics, the field with one element is a suggestive name for an object that should exist: many objects in math have properties analogous to objects over a field with q elements, where q = 1, and the analogy between number fields and… … Wikipedia
