Primitive normal values of rational functions over finite fields

Abstract: In this paper, we consider rational functions

f

with some minor restrictions over the finite field

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

where

q = p^{k}

for some prime

p

and positive integer

k

. We establish a sufficient condition for the existence of a pair

(a l p h a, f (a l p h a))

of primitive normal elements in

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

over

m a t h b b F_{q} .

Moreover, for

q = 2^{k}

and rational functions

f

with quadratic numerators and denominators, we explicitly find that there are at most

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finite fields

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

in which such a pair

(a l p h a, f (a l p h a))

of primitive normal elements may not exist.

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