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In all that follows F will denote a finite field with q elements. The model for such a field is ℤ/pℤ, where p is a prime number. This field has p elements. In general the number of elements in a finite field is a power of a prime, q = p f. Of course, p is the characteristic of F.
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Rosen, M. (2002). Polynomials over Finite Fields. In: Number Theory in Function Fields. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 210. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6046-0_1
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