A074032 Number of degree-n irreducible polynomials over GF(4) with trace 0 and subtrace 1.

0, 0, 1, 4, 12, 40, 144, 512, 1813, 6528, 23808, 87380, 322560, 1198080, 4473647, 16777216, 63160320, 238605640, 904200192, 3435973836, 13089411609, 49977753600, 191219367936, 733007751680, 2814749599332, 10825959997440, 41699995927744, 160842843834660

Offset: 1

Author

Frank Ruskey and Nate Kube, Aug 26 2002

Keywords

• nice
• nonn

Comments

Let a = RootOf( x^2+x+1 ) and b = 1+a. Same as number of degree-n irreducible polynomials over GF(4) with trace 0 and subtrace a. Same as number of degree-n irreducible polynomials over GF(4) with trace 0 and subtrace b.

Is this a duplicate of A074450? - R. J. Mathar, Dec 16 2020

Links

• E. N. Kuz'min, Irreducible polynomials over a finite field and an analogue of Gauss sums over a field of characteristic 2, Siberian Mathematical Journal, 32, 982-989 (1991).
• Jon Maiga, Computer-generated formulas for A074032, Sequence Machine.
• Frank Ruskey, Number of irreducible polynomials over GF(4) with given trace and subtrace

Crossrefs

Cf. A074031, A074033, A074034, A074035, A042979.

Cf. A074450.

Formula

a(n) = A042979(2*n)/2 [discovered by Sequence Machine]. - Andrey Zabolotskiy, Oct 09 2021

Extensions

More terms from Ruskey's website added by Joerg Arndt, Jan 16 2011

Terms a(17) and beyond from Andrey Zabolotskiy, Dec 15 2020