pith. sign in

arxiv: 0707.1102 · v1 · submitted 2007-07-07 · 🧮 math.NT

Nonexistence of permutation binomials of certain shapes

classification 🧮 math.NT
keywords permutationprimebinomialscasecertainconjecturedeithermasuda
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Suppose x^m + c*x^n is a permutation polynomial over GF(p), where p>5 is prime, m>n>0, and c is in GF(p)^*. We prove that gcd(m-n,p-1) is not 2 or 4. In the special case that either (p-1)/2 or (p-1)/4 is prime, this was conjectured in a recent paper by Masuda, Panario and Wang.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.