## Functiones et Approximatio Commentarii Mathematici

### Unitary perfect polynomials over $\boldsymbol{\mathbb{F}_4}$ with less than five prime factors

#### Abstract

We determine all unitary perfect polynomials with less than five distinct prime factors over a finite field with four elements.

#### Article information

Source
Funct. Approx. Comment. Math., Volume 45, Number 1 (2011), 67-78.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 26 September 2011

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.facm/1317045232

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.7169/facm/1317045232

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2865413

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1238.11109

Subjects
Primary: 11T55: Arithmetic theory of polynomial rings over finite fields
Secondary: 11T06: Polynomials

#### Citation

Gallardo, Luis H.; Rahavandrainy, Olivier. Unitary perfect polynomials over $\boldsymbol{\mathbb{F}_4}$ with less than five prime factors. Funct. Approx. Comment. Math. 45 (2011), no. 1, 67--78. doi:10.7169/facm/1317045232. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.facm/1317045232

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