Addition
Addition using the polynomial basis is as simple as addition modulo p. For example, in GF(3m):
In GF(2m), addition is especially easy, since addition and subtraction modulo 2 are the same thing, and furthermore this operation can be done in hardware using the basic XOR logic gate.
Read more about this topic: Polynomial Basis
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