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A note on polynomials with minimal value set over finite fields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Javier Gomez-Calderon
Javier Gomez-Calderon
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, New Kensington Campus, The Pennsylvania State University, 3550 Seventh Street Road, New Kensington, PA 15068, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Let f(x) be a polynomial of degree d over Fq, the finite field with q = pn elements. Let V(f) denote the number of distinct values of f(x), xєFq. Then, it is easy to see that

where [x] denotes the greatest integer ≤x. A polynomial for which equality is achieved in (1) is called a minimal value set polynomial. Minimal value set polynomials have been studied in [1] and [3].

Type
Research Article
Information
Mathematika , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , June 1988 , pp. 144 - 148
Copyright
Copyright © University College London 1988

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