noun
finite field
Technical term in abstract algebra; a field with a finite number of elements. Also called a Galois field.
有限体上の楕円曲線は暗号理論で重要である。
Elliptic curves over finite fields are important in cryptography.
位数が素数の有限体は簡単な構造を持つ。
A finite field whose order is a prime number has a simple structure.
有限群 is a finite group, a related algebraic structure, but 有限体 is a field with two operations.
Compound of 有限 (finite) and 体 (field, in the algebraic sense). The term 体 for 'field' was coined in Japanese mathematics during the Meiji era as a translation of the German 'Körper'.