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Visit Stack ExchangeFinite fields are fields (number systems with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with only finitely many elements. They arise in abstract algebra, number theory, and cryptography. The order of a finite field is always a prime power, and for each prime power $q$ there is a single isomorphism type. It is usually denoted by $\mathbb{F}_q$ or $\operatorname{GF}(q)$.