On k-normal elements over finite fields

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Authors Lucas Reis

Publication date 19 October 2017

Abstract: The so called $k$-normal elements appear in the literature as a generalization of normal elements over finite fields. Recently, questions concerning the construction of $k$-normal elements and the existence of $k$-normal elements that are also primitive have attracted attention from many authors. In this paper we give alternative constructions of $k$-normal elements and, in particular, we obtain a sieve inequality for the existence of primitive, $k$-normal elements. As an application, we show the existence of primitive $k$-normal elements for a significant proportion of $k$'s in many field extensions. In particular, we prove that there exist primitive $k$-normals in $mathbb{F}_{q^n}$ over $mathbb{F}_q$ in the case when $k$ lies in the interval $[1,n/4]$, $n$ has a special property and $q,nge420$.

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