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Implement GF(p^n) as relative extension of GF(p^d) #2750

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Over at #2384 Robert wrote:

On another note, I think I remember hearing somewhere that magma uses zech logs as
coefficients, e.g. GF(pn) is implemented as a relative extension of GF(pd)
where pd is small enough for the log representation. Would this be worth looking
at?

and David replied:

This would only work when n is sufficiently composite, but in that case I think
it's a great idea. Still, you need to have very good generic polynomial arithmetic
to make this work. I think this is something to work on later.

CC: @robertwb @sagetrac-dmharvey @koffie

Component: basic arithmetic

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