INNER CODE UNIT · Rust

inverse

pluto/ronkathon · src/algebra/field/mod.rs:47

  fn inverse(&self) -> Option<Self>;

  /// Computes the power of the field element.
  fn pow(self, power: usize) -> Self;
}

/// fields with a finite number of elements.
pub trait FiniteField: Finite + Field {
  /// Returns a multiplicative generator of the field.
  const PRIMITIVE_ELEMENT: Self;

  /// Returns the primitive n-th root of unity in the field.
  ///
  /// ## Notes
  /// In any field of prime order F_p:
  /// - There exists an additive group.
  /// - There exists a multiplicative subgroup generated by a primitive element 'a'.
  ///

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