# Sympy Finite Field Representation ## Metadata **Status**:: #x **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Created**:: [[2024-03-25]] **URL**:: [github.com](https://github.com/sympy/sympy/issues/19240#issuecomment-623087024) **Topic**:: [[♯ Sympy]] ## Synopsis The representatives of a finite field or ring can be chosen in two ways: either the representative of least absolute value or the least nonnegative one. It is controlled by the keyword `symmetric` that is `True` by default. To get the nonnegative representatives, you can write `f.as_poly(domain=GF(3, symmetric=False))`.