Karim BELABAS on Tue, 19 Jan 1999 21:40:07 +0100 (MET)


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Re: nfgaloisconj() bug 

[Igor:]
> Hmm, I thought x^3-x-1 does define a Galois field.  Does it not?

Nope. [poldisc(x^3-x-1) = -23 not a square, you need to adjoin sqrt(-23)]

   Karim.
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