OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Same as the number of elements of GF(5^n) with trace 0 and subtrace 4.
LINKS
PROG
(Sage)
def a(n):
ans = 0
for x in GF(5^n):
if x.charpoly().coefficients(sparse=False)[-3:-1]==[1, 0]: ans += 1
return ans # Robin Visser, Apr 26 2024
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Frank Ruskey and Nate Kube, Aug 19 2002
EXTENSIONS
a(8)-a(14) from Robin Visser, Apr 26 2024
STATUS
approved