Orbits of irreducible binary forms over GF(p)

Abstract: In this note I give a formula for calculating the number of orbits of irreducible binary forms of degree

n

over GF

(p)

under the action of GL

(2, p)

. This formula has applications to the classification of class two groups of exponent

p

with derived groups of order

p^{2}

.

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