4.9.1.3 FiniteField_prime_modn Objects

class FiniteField_prime_modn
FiniteField_prime_modn( p)

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

characteristic,$  $ degree,$  $ gen,$  $ modulus,$  $ order,$  $ polynomial

Further documentation:

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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