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Re: Error in Applied Cryptography 2nd Ed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anton Stiglic)
Mon Apr 15 17:18:55 2002
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From: "Anton Stiglic" <astiglic@okiok.com>
To: "John S. Denker" <jsd@monmouth.com>,
"Anthony Towns" <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
Cc: <cryptography@wasabisystems.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:04:53 -0700
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> Note that "primitive" is also mis-defined in [HAC] chapter
> 2 (def. 2.214) but the correct definition is given in
> [HAC] chapter 4 (start of section 4.5).
I've seen definitions of "primitive" in this sense. There is
"primitive element" and "primitive polynomial", which are
two different things. See for example:
http://www.math.umbc.edu/~campbell/NumbThy/Class/Glossary.html
or
http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/toolbox/comm/tutor32.shtml
In definition 2.214, the HAC talks about a primitive *element*,
in section 4.5 it talks about an irreducible *polynomial*.
--Anton
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