Li–Qu–Li–Fu's permutation trinomial conjecture over finite fields

From papers

Let kk be a positive integer, set q=3kq=3^k, and let Fq2{\mathbb F}_{q^2} be the finite field with q2q^2 elements. A polynomial is a permutation trinomial over Fq2{\mathbb F}_{q^2} if it has three terms and induces a permutation of Fq2{\mathbb F}_{q^2}. Li–Qu–Li–Fu's conjecture. The following assertions hold:

  1. If kk is even and
f(x)=xlq+l+5+x(l+5)q+lx(l1)q+l+6,f(x)=x^{lq+l+5}+x^{(l+5)q+l}-x^{(l-1)q+l+6},

with gcd(5+2l,q1)=1\gcd(5+2l,q-1)=1, then f(x)f(x) is a permutation trinomial over Fq2{\mathbb F}_{q^2}. 2. If

f(x)=xlq+l+1x(l+4)q+l3+x(l2)q+l+3f(x)=x^{lq+l+1}-x^{(l+4)q+l-3}+x^{(l-2)q+l+3}

and gcd(1+2l,q1)=1\gcd(1+2l,q-1)=1, then f(x)f(x) is a permutation trinomial over Fq2{\mathbb F}_{q^2}. 3. If

f(x)=xlq+l+1+x(l+2)q+l1x(l2)q+l+3f(x)=x^{lq+l+1}+x^{(l+2)q+l-1}-x^{(l-2)q+l+3}

and gcd(1+2l,q1)=1\gcd(1+2l,q-1)=1, then f(x)f(x) is a permutation trinomial over Fq2{\mathbb F}_{q^2} whenever k≢2(mod4)k\not\equiv 2\pmod{4}.

These conjectures concern explicit permutation trinomials over quadratic extensions of fields of characteristic three. The paper proposes them as finite-field permutation problems; no resolution is supplied in the given source context.

Progress summary

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Nian Li, “On Two Conjectures about Permutation Trinomials over F_3^2k”, arXiv:1610.04441 (2016).

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.