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Counterexamples to Dembowski and Ostrom conjecture on Planar function

Number Theory 2021-04-07 v2

Abstract

Let FqF_{q} be a finite field of cardinality qq. A polynomial over finite field FqF_{q} of the form i,jaijxpi+pj\sum_{i,j}a_{ij}x^{p^{i}+p^{j}} is called a Dembowski-Ostrom (DO) polynomial. The Dembowski-Ostrom conjecture says that a planar polynomial is necessarily a Dembowski-Ostrom polynomial. In this article, we construct certain classes of planar polynomials over any finite field of characteristic p3p\geq 3 that are not of Dembowski-Ostrom type.

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@article{arxiv.2104.01942,
  title  = {Counterexamples to Dembowski and Ostrom conjecture on Planar function},
  author = {Rajesh P. Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.01942},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

There is some error. It gives some results but not disproving the conjecture

R2 v1 2026-06-24T00:51:25.906Z