OFFSET
1,4
COMMENTS
Also the number of distinct self-dual bases for GF(2^n) over GF(2). - Max Alekseyev, Feb 11 2008
LINKS
Max Alekseyev, PARI/GP Scripts for Miscellaneous Math Problems
Joerg Arndt, Matters Computational (The Fxtbook), see p. 910.
Dieter Jungnickel, Alfred J. Menezes and Scott A. Vanstone, On the Number of Self-Dual Bases of GF(q^m) Over GF(q), Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 109 (1990), 23-29.
FORMULA
a(n) = A003053(n) / n!.
PROG
(PARI)
/* based on nsdb.gp by Max Alekseyev */
sd(m, q) =
/* Number of distinct self-dual bases of GF(q^m) over GF(q) where q is a power of prime */
{
if ( q%2 && !(m%2), return(0) );
return ( (q%2 + 1) * prod(i=1, m-1, q^i - (i+1)%2) / m! );
}
vector(66, n, sd(n, 2)) /* Joerg Arndt, Jul 03 2011 */
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
Yuval Dekel (dekelyuval(AT)hotmail.com), Nov 09 2003
EXTENSIONS
More terms from Max Alekseyev, Feb 11 2008
STATUS
approved
