Finite Fields and Their Applications publishes original high-quality papers in finite field theory as well as in applications
of finite fields including but certainly not limited to algebraic coding theory, cryptology, combinatorial design theory, pseudorandom
number generation, and linear recurring sequences. In addition, because computational problems are of practical interest, papers on computational
aspects of finite fields as well as on algorithms and the complexity of finite field-related methods are welcome. The important point
is that finite fields play a nontrivial role in the theory, application, or algorithm.
Original papers only will be considered.
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Preparation of Manuscripts
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Manuscripts
should be prepared according to the following style rules. Deviation from these rules causes publication delays.
All pages
should be numbered consecutively and triple (preferably) or double spaced.
Title page (page 1). This page should contain
the article title, authors' names and complete affiliations, footnotes to the title, and the address for manuscript correspondence (including
e-mail address and telephone and fax number).
Abstract (page 2). The abstract must be a single paragraph that summarizes
the main findings of the paper in less than 150 words. After the abstract a list of up to 10 keywords that will be useful for indexing
or searching must be included.
References to the literature should be cited by number in brackets in the text as [1], [1,2],
[1, Theorem 1.5] and listed in numerical order at the end.
[1] E. Borger, Computability, Complexity, Logic, North-Holland, Amsterdam,
1989.
[2] V. Pan, New techniques for the computation of linear recurrence coefficients, Finite Fields Appl. 6 (2000) 93-118.
[3] A.K. Lenstra, H.W. Lenstra, Jr., Algorithms in number theory, in: J. van Leeuwen (Ed.), Handbook of Computer Science, vol. A, Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 1990, pp. 673-715.
[4] M. Li, Lower bounds by Kolmogorov complexity, in: Proc. ICALP '85, Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
vol. 194, Springer, Berlin, 1985, pp. 383-393.
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Preparation of Supplementary Material
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for publishing supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution images, background datasets, sound clips, and more.
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Further
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