Bemerkungen zur Arbeit von D. Blessenohl und K. Johnsen ``Polynome über endlichen Körpern mit gleichem Wurzelraum''. (Remarks on the paper by D. Blessenohl and K. Johnsen ``Polynomials over finite fields with same root space'') (Q1823995)

The author considers a Galois field K, a monic polynomial f from K[X], the quotient ring \(R=K[X]/(f)\) and the representation of R as a direct sum of the local rings \(R_ 1,...,R_ t\) that are associated to the factorization of f in irreducible factors. There is obtained a formula for the order of the group of the units from R and it is proved that any unit from R is a sum of units of \(R_ 1,...,R_ t\). The paper emphasizes on the special case \(f=(X^ m-1)^{p^ s}\), where \((m,p)=1.\) From these considerations it is derived an alternative proof of a result of \textit{D. Blessenohl} and \textit{K. Johnsen} [Arch. Math. 48, 116-125 (1987; Zbl 0625.12008)] that relates the degree of an irreducible polynomial to its root space. It is also presented an example that contradicts a remark from the paper of Blessenohl and Johnsen.