If K is a finite field of size q and f is a degree n polynomial in K[x], then we can form the quotient field by modding out this polynomial. Elements of this quotient field are of the form ϕ+(f) where f is the ideal generated by f. I've been trying to figure out what the order of x2+(f) within the multiplicative group of this field, but I am struggling with how to incorporate the coefficients of this arbitrary polynomial.
I would like to understand the case where f is any polynomial, but I'm struggling to even do the simpler case of when f is monic and irreducible.
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