[Resource Topic] 2020/160: Solving Some Affine Equations over Finite Fields

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Title:
Solving Some Affine Equations over Finite Fields

Authors: Sihem Mesnager, Kwang Ho Kim, Jong Hyok Choe, Dok Nam Lee

Abstract:

Let l and k be two integers such that l|k. Define T_l^k(X):=X+X^{p^l}+\cdots+X^{p^{l(k/l-2)}}+X^{p^{l(k/l-1)}} and S_l^k(X):=X-X^{p^l}+\cdots+(-1)^{(k/l-1)}X^{p^{l(k/l-1)}}, where p is any prime. This paper gives explicit representations of all solutions in \GF{p^n} to the affine equations T_l^{k}(X)=a and S_l^{k}(X)=a, a\in \GF{p^n}. For the case p=2 that was solved very recently in \cite{MKCL2019}, the result of this paper reveals another solution.

ePrint: https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/160

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