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Note on a Paper of S. Uchiyama

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

B. C. Mortimer
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
K. S. Williams
Affiliation:
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
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Let p be a rational prime and n a positive integer ≥2. We denote by an(p) the least positive integral value of a for which the polynomial xn+x+a is irreducible (mod p), and set

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1974

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