4.8.1.3 FiniteField_prime_modn Objects

class FiniteField_prime_modn
FiniteField_prime_modn( p)

Instances of class FiniteField_prime_modn have the following methods (in addition to inherited methods and special methods):

degree

These methods are defined as follows:

degree( )

Returns the degree of the finite field, which is a positive integer.

sage: FiniteField(3).degree()
1
sage: FiniteField(3**20).degree()
20

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