Conjecture on norm classes of maximum scattered subspaces in the new family

Let qq be a prime power and let b1,b2Fq6b_1,b_2 \in \mathbb{F}_{q^6}. Define

fi(x)=bixq+xq4Fq6[x],i=1,2.f_i(x)=b_i x^{q}+x^{q^4}\in \mathbb{F}_{q^6}[x],\qquad i=1,2.

Assume that fif_i defines a maximum scattered Fq\mathbb{F}_q-space Ubi,1U_{b_i,1}, and write Nq6/q3\operatorname{N}_{q^6/q^3} for the norm from Fq6\mathbb{F}_{q^6} to Fq3\mathbb{F}_{q^3}. The preceding equivalence result identifies subspaces with equal norms.

Norm-class conjecture. The set

{Nq6/q3(b):f(x)=bxq+xq4 defines a maximum scattered Fq-space Ub,1}\left\{\operatorname{N}_{q^6/q^3}(b): f(x)=bx^{q}+x^{q^4}\text{ defines a maximum scattered }\mathbb{F}_q\text{-space }U_{b,1}\right\}

has size

(q2+q+1)(q2)2.\left\lfloor\frac{(q^2+q+1)(q-2)}{2}\right\rfloor.

If true, this would yield further examples of maximum scattered subspaces in the family. The conjecture was verified computationally with GAP for q32q\leq 32; no general proof or disproof is given.

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Primary source

Bence Csajbók, Giuseppe Marino, Olga Polverino and Corrado Zanella, “A new family of MRD-codes”, arXiv:1707.08487 (2017).

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