Perfect polynomials over F_p with p+1 irreducible divisors

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Luis H. Gallardo O. Rahavandrainy

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We consider, for a fixed prime number $p$, monic polynomials in one variable over the nite eld $F_p$, which are equal to the sum of their monic divisors.We give necessary conditions for the existence of such polynomials, called perfect polynomials, having $p+1$ irreducible factors. These conditions allow us to describe the set of all perfect polynomials with $p+1$ irreducible divisors in the rst unknown case, namely, the case $p = 3$.

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Gallardo, L., & Rahavandrainy, O. (2014). Perfect polynomials over F_p with p+1 irreducible divisors. Acta Mathematica Universitatis Comenianae, 83(1), 93-112. Retrieved from http://www.iam.fmph.uniba.sk/amuc/ojs/index.php/amuc/article/view/81/34
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