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Sums of Reciprocals of Irreducible Polynomials over Finite Fields
We will revisit a theorem first proved by L. Carlitz in 1935 in which he provided an intriguing formula for sums involving the reciprocals of all monic polynomials of a given degree over a finite field of a specified order. Expanding on this result, we will consider the equally curious case where instead of adding reciprocals all monic polynomials of a given degree, we only consider adding reciprocals of those that are irreducible
Determination of a Type of Permutation Trinomials over Finite Fields
Let . We find
explicit conditions on and that are necessary and sufficient for to
be a permutation polynomial of . This result allows us to solve a
related problem. Let (,
) be the polynomial defined by the functional equation
. We determine all
of the form , , for which
is a permutation polynomial of .Comment: 28 page