Graham Sutherland / Polynomial on Nostr: just finished watching this lecture and holy crap I actually understand the ...

just finished watching this lecture and holy crap I actually understand the fundamentals of Galois field arithmetic now, at least sufficiently for most cryptographic use. such a fantastic presentation that doesn't really expect any maths knowledge beyond fundamental algebra and integer modulo arithmetic.

if you choose to watch this, I highly recommend keeping a set of notes along the way - I found that it really aided my comprehension and retention of the details.

https://youtu.be/x1v2tX4_dkQ