有ゆう限げん体たい

noun

finite field

Technical term in abstract algebra; a field with a finite number of elements. Also called a Galois field.

• 有ゆう限げん体たい上じょうの楕だ円えん曲きょく線せんは暗あん号ごう理り論ろんで重じゅう要ようである。

  Elliptic curves over finite fields are important in cryptography.

• 位い数すうが素そ数すうの有ゆう限げん体たいは簡かん単たんな構こう造ぞうを持もつ。

  A finite field whose order is a prime number has a simple structure.