New Features:
A suite of auxiliary tables boost the algorithm so that the initial
computation of logarithms of a factor base can be avoided.
This means that logarithms of individual elements can be computed
immediately if a relevant table is present for the specific field.
By default, tables are included in the standard Magma distribution
at least for all fields of characteristic 2, 3, 5 or 7 with
cardinality up to 2200
The user can optionally download a much larger suite of tables from
the Magma optional downloads page
http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/magma/download/db/
(files FldFinLog_2.tar.gz, etc.; about 5GB total).
The complete suite includes tables for the fields
GF(pd)
440
261
203
150
85
72
Changes and Removals: