Primitive element pairs with a prescribed trace in the cubic extension of a finite field

Abstract: We prove that for any prime power

q o t i n 3, 4, 5

, the cubic extension

m a t h b b F_{q^{3}}

of the finite field

m a t h b b F_{q}

contains a primitive element

x i

such that

x i + x i^{- 1}

is also primitive, and

e x t r m {T r}_{m a t h b b F_{q^{3}} / m a t h b b F_{q}} (x i) = a

for any prescribed

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

. This completes the proof of a conjecture of Gupta, Sharma, and Cohen concerning the analogous problem over an extension of arbitrary degree

n g e 3

.

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