On a Pythagorean functional equation involving finite fields (Q1384130)
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On a Pythagorean functional equation involving finite fields (English)
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11 October 1998
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The authors offer as nonconstant general solutions \(f\) -- a map of a field with \(p^{n}\) elements, \(p\) prime, into itself -- of the functional equation \(f(x^{2}+y^{2})=f(x)^{2}+f(y)^{2}\) the powers of the Frobenius automorphisms of the field if \(p\) is odd; and also the solutions for \(p=2\).
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Pythagorean functional equations
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finite fields
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polynomials
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Frobenius automorphism
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