The trace of 2-primitive elements of finite fields

Abstract: Let

q

be a prime power and

n, r

integers such that

r m i d q^{n} - 1

. An element of

m a t h b b F_{q^{n}}

of multiplicative order

(q^{n} - 1) / r

is called emph{

r

-primitive}. For any odd prime power

q

, we show that there exists a

2

-primitive element of

m a t h b b F_{q^{n}}

with arbitrarily prescribed

m a t h b b F_{q}

trace when

n g e q 3

. Also we explicitly describe the values that the trace of such elements may have when

n = 2

. A feature of this amended version is the reduction of the discussion to extensions of prime degree

n

.

Recommendations

Cited In (9)

This page was built for publication: The trace of 2-primitive elements of finite fields