internal GenericGFPoly Multiply(GenericGFPoly other)
        {
            if (field.Equals(other.field) == false)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("GenericGFPolys do not have same GenericGF field");
            }

            if (IsZero || other.IsZero)
            {
                return(field.Zero);
            }

            int[] aCoefficients = coefficients;
            int   aLength       = aCoefficients.Length;

            int[] bCoefficients = other.coefficients;
            int   bLength       = bCoefficients.Length;

            int[] product = new int[aLength + bLength - 1];

            for (int i = 0; i < aLength; i++)
            {
                int aCoeff = aCoefficients[i];

                for (int j = 0; j < bLength; j++)
                {
                    product[i + j] = GenericGF.AddOrSubtract(product[i + j], field.Multiply(aCoeff, bCoefficients[j]));
                }
            }
            return(new GenericGFPoly(field, product));
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// evaluation of this polynomial at a given point
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="a">A.</param>
        /// <returns>evaluation of this polynomial at a given point</returns>
        internal int EvaluateAt(int a)
        {
            int result = 0;

            if (a == 0)
            {
                // Just return the x^0 coefficient
                return(GetCoefficient(0));
            }

            int size = coefficients.Length;

            if (a == 1)
            {
                // Just the sum of the coefficients
                foreach (var coefficient in coefficients)
                {
                    result = GenericGF.AddOrSubtract(result, coefficient);
                }

                return(result);
            }

            result = coefficients[0];

            for (int i = 1; i < size; i++)
            {
                result = GenericGF.AddOrSubtract(field.Multiply(a, result), coefficients[i]);
            }

            return(result);
        }
        /// <summary>
        ///   <p>Decodes given set of received codewords, which include both data and error-correction
        /// codewords. Really, this means it uses Reed-Solomon to detect and correct errors, in-place,
        /// in the input.</p>
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="received">data and error-correction codewords</param>
        /// <param name="twoS">number of error-correction codewords available</param>
        /// <returns>false: decoding fails</returns>
        public bool Decode(int[] received, int twoS)
        {
            var poly = new GenericGFPoly(field, received);
            var syndromeCoefficients = new int[twoS];
            var noError = true;

            for (var i = 0; i < twoS; i++)
            {
                int eval = poly.EvaluateAt(field.Exp(i + field.GeneratorBase));
                syndromeCoefficients[syndromeCoefficients.Length - 1 - i] = eval;
                if (eval != 0)
                {
                    noError = false;
                }
            }

            if (noError)
            {
                return(true);
            }

            var syndrome = new GenericGFPoly(field, syndromeCoefficients);

            GenericGFPoly[] sigmaOmega = RunEuclideanAlgorithm(field.BuildMonomial(twoS, 1), syndrome, twoS);
            if (sigmaOmega == null)
            {
                return(false);
            }

            GenericGFPoly sigma = sigmaOmega[0];

            int[] errorLocations = FindErrorLocations(sigma);

            if (errorLocations == null)
            {
                return(false);
            }

            GenericGFPoly omega = sigmaOmega[1];

            int[] errorMagnitudes = FindErrorMagnitudes(omega, errorLocations);

            for (int i = 0; i < errorLocations.Length; i++)
            {
                int position = received.Length - 1 - field.Log(errorLocations[i]);
                if (position < 0)
                {
                    // throw new ReedSolomonException("Bad error location");
                    return(false);
                }
                received[position] = GenericGF.AddOrSubtract(received[position], errorMagnitudes[i]);
            }

            return(true);
        }
        internal GenericGFPoly AddOrSubtract(GenericGFPoly other)
        {
            if (field.Equals(other.field) == false)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("GenericGFPolys do not have same GenericGF field");
            }

            if (IsZero)
            {
                return(other);
            }

            if (other.IsZero)
            {
                return(this);
            }

            int[] smallerCoefficients = coefficients;
            int[] largerCoefficients  = other.coefficients;

            if (smallerCoefficients.Length > largerCoefficients.Length)
            {
                int[] temp = smallerCoefficients;
                smallerCoefficients = largerCoefficients;
                largerCoefficients  = temp;
            }

            int[] sumDiff    = new int[largerCoefficients.Length];
            int   lengthDiff = largerCoefficients.Length - smallerCoefficients.Length;

            // Copy high-order terms only found in higher-degree polynomial's coefficients
            Array.Copy(largerCoefficients, 0, sumDiff, 0, lengthDiff);

            for (int i = lengthDiff; i < largerCoefficients.Length; i++)
            {
                sumDiff[i] = GenericGF.AddOrSubtract(smallerCoefficients[i - lengthDiff], largerCoefficients[i]);
            }

            return(new GenericGFPoly(field, sumDiff));
        }