Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
4583336 Finite Fields and Their Applications 2008 8 Pages PDF
Abstract

Let q be a prime power. We consider the problem of the existence of monic irreducible polynomials over Fq with consecutive coefficients fixed to zero. We show that asymptotically, there exist monic irreducible polynomials of degree n over Fq with roughly n/3 consecutive coefficients fixed to zero.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory