A Generalization of a Lemma of Sullivan

Florian Luca, Martha Rzedowski-Calderón, Myriam Rosalía Maldonado-Ramírez

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Abstract

Consider an irreducible polynomial of the form f(X) = X p - aX - b ∈ F[X] and α a root of f(X), where F is a field of characteristic p. In 1975, F.J. Sullivan stated a lemma that provides the trace, taken with respect to the extension F(α)/F, of elements of the form α n, where 0 ≤ n ≤ p 2 - 1. We present a generalization of Sullivan's Lemma and provide another proof of the original lemma. We explain how computing Tr(α n) for n & p r can be reduced to computing the traces Tr(α m) for all m ≤ r(p - 1).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2301-2308
Number of pages8
JournalCommunications in Algebra
Volume40
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2012

Keywords

  • Trace
  • Trinomials

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