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@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ \subsection{Polynomial Rings}
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\textbf{degree} of the polynomial. It is an elementary fact that the product
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of polynomials has degree equal to the sum of the degrees of the factors.
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We refer to polynomials of degree 0 is \textbf{constant polynomials}. It is
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We refer to polynomials of degree 0 as \textbf{constant polynomials}. It is
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also a fact that a polynomial has a multiplicative inverse, i.e.~it is a
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\textbf{unit}, if and only if it is nonzero constant.
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every element of the group except 1 is a generator of the group. Furthermore there
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are no nontrivial proper subgroups. These are elementary facts of group theory.
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We refer to this new field as $\fttwo$. It is fact of field theory that all
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We refer to this new field as $\fttwo$. It is a fact of field theory that all
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groups with 32 elements are isomorphic to this one, which justifies the name.
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But bear in mind that, for our purposes, the field was constructed as $\ftwo[x]/
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(x^5 + x^3 + 1)$ and has a distinguished generator $\alpha$ which is a root

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