Title
A probabilistic approach to value sets of polynomials over finite fields.
Abstract
In this paper we study the distribution of the size of the value set for a random polynomial with a prescribed index ℓ|(q−1) over a finite field Fq, through the study of a random r-th order cyclotomic mapping with index ℓ. We obtain the exact probability distribution of the value set size and show that the number of missing cosets (values) tends to a normal distribution as ℓ goes to infinity. A variation on the size of the union of some random sets is also considered.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1016/j.ffa.2014.12.003
Finite Fields and Their Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
05A16,60E05,11T06
Discrete mathematics,Normal distribution,Combinatorics,Finite field,Value set,Algebra,Polynomial,Infinity,Probability distribution,Probabilistic logic,Coset,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
33
C
1071-5797
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
5
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Zhicheng Gao100.68
Qiang Wang223737.93