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Permutation binomials over finite fields

Authors :
Masuda, Ariane M.
Zieve, Michael E.
Source :
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 361 (2009) 4169-4180
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

We prove that if x^m + c*x^n permutes the prime field GF(p), where m>n>0 and c is in GF(p)^*, then gcd(m-n,p-1) > sqrt{p} - 1. Conversely, we prove that if q>=4 and m>n>0 are fixed and satisfy gcd(m-n,q-1) > 2q*(log log q)/(log q), then there exist permutation binomials over GF(q) of the form x^m + c*x^n if and only if gcd(m,n,q-1) = 1.<br />Comment: 12 pages; various minor changes

Subjects

Subjects :
Mathematics - Number Theory
11T06

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 361 (2009) 4169-4180
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.0707.1108
Document Type :
Working Paper