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Primitive normal pairs with prescribed traces over finite fields

Number Theory 2024-11-26 v4

Abstract

Let qq be a positive integral power of some prime pp and Fqm\mathbb{F}_{q^m} be a finite field with qmq^m elements for some mNm \in \mathbb{N}. Here we establish a sufficient condition for the existence of primitive normal pairs of the type (ϵ,f(ϵ))(\epsilon, f(\epsilon)) in Fqm\mathbb{F}_{q^m} over Fq\mathbb{F}_{q} with two prescribed traces, TrFqm/Fq(ϵ)=aTr_{{\mathbb{F}_{q^m}}/{\mathbb{F}_q}}(\epsilon)=a and TrFqm/Fq(f(ϵ))=bTr_{{\mathbb{F}_{q^m}}/{\mathbb{F}_q}}(f(\epsilon))=b, where f(x)Fqm(x)f(x) \in \mathbb{F}_{q^m}(x) is a rational function with some restrictions and a,bFqa, b \in \mathbb{F}_q. Furthermore, for q=5kq=5^k, m9m \geq 9 and rational functions with degree sum 4, we explicitly find at most 12 fields in which the desired pair may not exist.

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@article{arxiv.2405.19068,
  title  = {Primitive normal pairs with prescribed traces over finite fields},
  author = {Shikhamoni Nath and Arpan Chandra Mazumder and Dhiren Kumar Basnet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.19068},
  year   = {2024}
}
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