## Copyright (C) 2002 David Bateman
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} ifft (@var{x})
##
## If @var{x} is a column vector, finds the IFFT over the primitive element
## of the Galois Field of @var{x}. If @var{x} is in the Galois  Field
## GF(2^@var{m}), then @var{x} must have @code{2^@var{m} - 1} elements.
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{ifft}

function y = ifft(x)

  if (nargin != 1)
    error ("usage: y = ifft (x)");
  endif
    
  if (!isgalois(x))
    error("ifft: argument must be a galois variable");
  endif

  n = 2^x.m - 1;
  if (n > 255)
    error ([ "ifft: argument must be in Galois Field GF(2^m), where", ...
           " m is not greater than 8"]); 
  endif
  
  alph = gf(2, x.m, x.prim_poly);
  [nr,nc] = size(x);
  if ((nc == 1) && (nr == n))
    y = dftmtx(1/alph) * x;
  elseif ((nc == n) && (nr == 1))
    y = (dftmtx(1/alph) * x')';
  else
    error ("ifft: argument must be a vector in GF(2^m) of length 2^m-1");
  endif
    
endfunction
