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		clebio on Dec 23, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Mathematical Hacker (2012) I can't upvote this comment enough. A lucid application of group theory to derive an operationally-efficient algorithm.

jordigh on Dec 23, 2013 [–]

Field theory, not group theory, at least not directly. The two are linked by the fundamental theorem of Galois theory.

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