## CryptoDB

### Xiwang Cao

#### Publications

Year
Venue
Title
2010
EPRINT
In this note, we prove that the order of $x^p-x-1\in \F_p[x]$ is $\frac{p^p-1}{p-1}$, where $p$ is a prime and $\mathbb{F}_p$ is the finite field of size $p$. As a consequence, it is shown that $x^p-x-a\in \mathbb{F}_p[x]$ is primitive if and only if $a$ is a primitive element in $\mathbb{F}_p$.
2010
EPRINT
Let $\mathbb{F}_{q}$ be a finite field, $\mathbb{F}_{q^s}$ be an extension of $\mathbb{F}_q$, let $f(x)\in \mathbb{F}_q[x]$ be a polynomial of degree $n$ with $\gcd(n,q)=1$. We present a recursive formula for evaluating the exponential sum $\sum_{c\in \mathbb{F}_{q^s}}\chi^{(s)}(f(x))$. Let $a$ and $b$ be two elements in $\mathbb{F}_q$ with $a\neq 0$, $u$ be a positive integer. We obtain an estimate of the exponential sum $\sum_{c\in \mathbb{F}^*_{q^s}}\chi^{(s)}(ac^u+bc^{-1})$, where $\chi^{(s)}$ is the lifting of an additive character $\chi$ of $\mathbb{F}_q$. Some properties of the sequences constructed from these exponential sums are provided also.

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