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A074020
Number of elements of GF(7^n) with trace 1 and subtrace 3.
9
0, 2, 6, 49, 350, 2352, 16807, 117992, 823200, 5767202, 40339201, 282492056
OFFSET
1,2
COMMENTS
Same as the number of elements of GF(7^n) with trace 2 and subtrace 5. Same as the number of elements of GF(7^n) with trace 3 and subtrace 6. Same as the number of elements of GF(7^n) with trace 4 and subtrace 6. Same as the number of elements of GF(7^n) with trace 5 and subtrace 5. Same as the number of elements of GF(7^n) with trace 6 and subtrace 3.
PROG
(SageMath)
def a(n):
ans = 0
for x in GF(7^n):
if x.charpoly().coefficients(sparse=False)[-3:-1]==[3, 1]: ans += 1
return ans # Robin Visser, May 13 2024
KEYWORD
nonn,more
AUTHOR
Frank Ruskey and Nate Kube, Aug 19 2002
EXTENSIONS
a(8)-a(12) from Robin Visser, May 13 2024
STATUS
approved