Contents

1.0     What is a group?

2.0     The group Zn

3.0     The group Zp*

4.0     Abelian groups

5.0      What is a field?

6.0     The field Fp

7.0     The field F2m

8.0     Polynomial Representation 
           8.1     The field F24 with Polynomial Representation

9.0     Optimal Normal Basis Representation 
           9.1     The field F24 with Optimal Normal Basis representation