OFFSET
5,1
COMMENTS
More precisely: minimum value for X=2 of GF(2)[X] polynomials P[X] of degree less than n and exactly 4 terms such that X^n+P[X] is primitive.
Applications include maximum-length linear feedback shift registers with efficient implementation in both hardware and software.
Proof is needed that there exists a primitive GF(2)[X] polynomial P[X] of degree n and exactly 5 terms for all n>4.
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EXAMPLE
a(11)=23, or 10111 in binary, representing the GF(2)[X] polynomial X^4+X^2+X^1+1, because X^11+X^4+X^2+X^1+1 has exactly 5 terms and it is primitive, contrary to X^11+X^3+X^2+X^1+1.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Francois R. Grieu, Aug 22 2007
EXTENSIONS
Edited and extended by Max Alekseyev, Feb 06 2010
STATUS
approved