Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4582770 | Finite Fields and Their Applications | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We give a new proof of Fitzgerald's criterion for primitive polynomials over a finite field. Existing proofs essentially use the theory of linear recurrences over finite fields. Here, we give a much shorter and self-contained proof which does not use the theory of linear recurrences.
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Authors
Samrith Ram,