Finite Fields

class sage.categories.finite_fields.FiniteFields(s=None)

Bases: sage.categories.category.Category

The category of finite fields

EXAMPLES:

sage: K = FiniteFields()
sage: K
Category of finite fields
sage: FiniteField(17) in K
True
sage: RationalField() in K
False
sage: K(RationalField())
...
TypeError: unable to canonically associate a finite field to Rational Field

TESTS:

sage: TestSuite(FiniteFields()).run()
class ElementMethods
class FiniteFields.ParentMethods
FiniteFields.super_categories(*args, **kwds)

EXAMPLES:

sage: FiniteFields().super_categories()
[Category of fields]

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