On cyclic top-associative generalized Galois rings (Q4832275)

A \textit{generalized Galois ring} (GGR) is a finite nonassociative unital ring \(S\) such that the set of all zero divisors in \(S\) is \(pS\) for some natural number \(p\). A finite nonassociative ring \(D\) is called a finite \textit{semifield} if \(D^*=D-\{0\}\) is closed under the multiplication in \(D\) and is a loop. The characteristic of a finite semifield is a prime number \(p\). For a GGR \(S\) one can show that the characteristic is \(p^n\) for some prime \(p\) and some natural number \(n\) and that \(\overline{S}=S/pS\) is a finite semifield. A GGR \(S\) is \textit{top associative} if \(\overline{S}\) is a finite field. A GGR \(S\) is said to be \textit{right cyclic} (resp. right-left cyclic) if the set of nonzero divisors \(S-pS\) is a loop generated by a single element using right multiplications (resp. right and left multiplications). The authors investigate the conditions for a nonassociative GGR \(S\) which is top associative, to be right or right-left cyclic. This paper is a continuation of the authors' work [Discrete Math. Appl. 12, No. 6, 591--606 (2002); translation from Diskretn. Mat. 14, No. 4, 117--132 (2002; Zbl 1134.17303)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1048.11003].