A192510 Number of conjugacy classes of primitive elements in GF(11^n) which have trace 0.

0, 0, 16, 80, 1185, 5656, 98840

Offset

1,3

Comments

Also number of primitive polynomials of degree n over GF(11) whose second-highest coefficient is 0.

Links

Table of n, a(n) for n=1..7.

Formula

a(n) = A192215(n) / n.

Prog

(GAP)
p := 11;
a := function(n)
    local q, k, cnt, x;
    q:=p^n;  k:=GF(p, n);  cnt:=0;
    for x in k do
        if Trace(k, GF(p), x)=0*Z(p) and Order(x)=q-1 then
            cnt := cnt+1;
        fi;
    od;
    return cnt/n;
end;
for n in [1..16] do  Print (a(n), ", ");  od;
(Sage) # See A192507 (change first line p=3 to p=11)

Crossrefs

Cf. A152049 (GF(2^n)), A192507 (GF(3^n)), A192508 (GF(5^n)), A192509 (GF(7^n)), A192511 (GF(13^n)).

Sequence in context: A221910 A069840 A000817 * A119508 A330480 A334660

Adjacent sequences: A192507 A192508 A192509 * A192511 A192512 A192513

Keyword

nonn,hard,more

Author

Joerg Arndt, Jul 03 2011

Extensions

Added terms a(6) and a(7), Joerg Arndt, Oct 14 2012

Status

approved