Computational Explorations on Semifields
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| author | Dumas, Jean-Guillaume Lia, Stefano Sheekey, John |
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| contents | A finite semifield is a division algebra over a finite field where multiplication is not necessarily associative. We consider here the complexity of the multiplication in small semifields and finite field extensions. For this operation, the number of required base field multiplications is the tensor rank, or the multiplicative complexity. The other base field operations are additions and scalings by constants, which together we refer to as the additive complexity. When used recursively, the tensor rank determines the exponent while the other operations determine the constant of the associated asymptotic complexity bounds. For small extensions, both measures are of similar importance. In this paper, we establish the tensor rank of some semifields and finite fields of characteristics 2 and 3. We also propose new upper and lower bounds on their additive complexity, and give new associated algorithms improving on the state-of-the-art in terms of overall complexity. We achieve this by considering short straight line programs for encoding linear codes with given parameters. |
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| spellingShingle | Computational Explorations on Semifields Dumas, Jean-Guillaume Lia, Stefano Sheekey, John Symbolic Computation A finite semifield is a division algebra over a finite field where multiplication is not necessarily associative. We consider here the complexity of the multiplication in small semifields and finite field extensions. For this operation, the number of required base field multiplications is the tensor rank, or the multiplicative complexity. The other base field operations are additions and scalings by constants, which together we refer to as the additive complexity. When used recursively, the tensor rank determines the exponent while the other operations determine the constant of the associated asymptotic complexity bounds. For small extensions, both measures are of similar importance. In this paper, we establish the tensor rank of some semifields and finite fields of characteristics 2 and 3. We also propose new upper and lower bounds on their additive complexity, and give new associated algorithms improving on the state-of-the-art in terms of overall complexity. We achieve this by considering short straight line programs for encoding linear codes with given parameters. |
| title | Computational Explorations on Semifields |
| topic | Symbolic Computation |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09577 |