• Title of article

    Invariants of 2×2-Matrices over Finite Fields

  • Author/Authors

    Dagmar M. Meyer and Larry Smith، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
  • Pages
    7
  • From page
    504
  • To page
    510
  • Abstract
    Let q be the finite field with q elements, q=pν, p a prime, and Mat2.2( q) the vector space of 2×2-matrices over . The group GL(2, ) acts on Mat2,2( q) by conjugation. In this note, we determine the invariants of this action. In contrast to the case of an infinite field, where the trace and determinant generate the ring of invariants, several new invariants appear in the case of finite fields.
  • Keywords
    Power , primitive element , Golomb’s conjecture , Asymptotic formula , characteristic function , arithmetic function , primitive root , Jacobi sum. , Cyclic group
  • Journal title
    Finite Fields and Their Applications
  • Serial Year
    2002
  • Journal title
    Finite Fields and Their Applications
  • Record number

    701064