2010 Volume E93.A Issue 11 Pages 1923-1931
Let q and f(x) be an odd characteristic and an irreducible polynomial of degree m over Fq, respectively. Then, suppose that F(x) = xmf(x+x-1) becomes irreducible over Fq. This paper shows that the conjugate zeros of F(x) with respect to Fq form a normal basis in Fq2m if and only if those of f(x) form a normal basis in Fqm and the part of conjugates given as follows are linearly independent over Fq,
{γ - γ-1, (γ - γ-1)q, … , (γ - γ-1)qm-1},
where γ is a zero of F(x) and thus a proper element in Fq2m. In addition, from the viewpoint of q-polynomial, this paper proposes an efficient method for checking whether or not the conjugate zeros of F(x) satisfy the condition.