Lamps, Factorizations and Finite Fields
Combinatorics
2009-11-27 v1
Abstract
I answer a question from the 1993 International Mathematical Olympiads by constructing an equivalent algebraic problem, and unearth a surprising behaviour of some polynomials over the two-element field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/9910056,
title = {Lamps, Factorizations and Finite Fields},
author = {Laurent Bartholdi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9910056},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
6 pages, elementary content