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A074012
Number of elements of GF(5^n) with trace 1 and subtrace 3.
7
0, 0, 6, 20, 125, 600, 3150, 15500, 78000, 390625, 1952500, 9762500, 48831250, 244125000
OFFSET
1,3
COMMENTS
Same as the number of elements of GF(5^n) with trace 2 and subtrace 2. Same as the number of elements of GF(5^n) with trace 3 and subtrace 2. Same as the number of elements of GF(5^n) with trace 4 and subtrace 3.
PROG
(Sage)
def a(n):
ans = 0
for x in GF(5^n):
if x.charpoly().coefficients(sparse=False)[-3:-1]==[3, 1]: ans += 1
return ans # Robin Visser, Apr 26 2024
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