Introduction to Finite Fields and their Applications

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Summary: A graduate text for Engineering students
Review: The book is fairly dense, but it is organized as a textbook with exercises after each chapter. There is a good system of cross-indexing to allow students to skip ahead and easily locate the background material they need to review.

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Summary: An undergraduate text for Mathematics students
Review: This book covers the basics of finite field theory and its applications, but the coverage is at a level more appropriate for engineers than for mathematicians. Even for mathematicians, though, the books is an excellent introduction to the subject.

Engineers may be frustrated by the lack of hardware implementation issues.