/* -*-c-*-
*
- * $Id: field.h,v 1.9 2004/04/01 12:50:09 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: field.h,v 1.10 2004/04/01 21:28:41 mdw Exp $
*
* Definitions for field arithmetic
*
/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------*
*
* $Log: field.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.10 2004/04/01 21:28:41 mdw
+ * Normal basis support (translates to poly basis internally). Rewrite
+ * EC and prime group table generators in awk, so that they can reuse data
+ * for repeated constants.
+ *
* Revision 1.9 2004/04/01 12:50:09 mdw
* Add cyclic group abstraction, with test code. Separate off exponentation
* functions for better static linking. Fix a buttload of bugs on the way.
extern field *field_binpoly(mp */*p*/);
+/* --- @field_binnorm@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments: @mp *p@ = the reduction polynomial
+ * @mp *beta@ = representation of normal point
+ *
+ * Returns: A pointer to the field.
+ *
+ * Use: Creates a field structure for a binary field mod @p@ which
+ * uses a normal basis representation externally. Computations
+ * are still done on a polynomial-basis representation.
+ */
+
+extern field *field_binnorm(mp */*p*/, mp */*beta*/);
+
/* --- @field_parse@ --- *
*
* Arguments: @qd_parse *qd@ = parser context
*
* Use: Parses a field description, which has the form
*
- * * `prime', `niceprime' or `binpoly'
+ * * `prime', `niceprime', `binpoly', or `binnorm'
* * an optional `:'
* * the field modulus
+ * * for `binnorm', an optional `,' and the beta value
*/
extern field *field_parse(qd_parse */*qd*/);