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The Multiplicative Groups of Quasifields

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Michael J. Kallaher
Michael J. Kallaher*
Affiliation:
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
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Let (Q, +, ·) be a finite quasifield of dimension d over its kernel K = GF(q), where q = pk with p a prime and k ≧ 1. (See p. 18-22 and p. 74 of [7] or Section 5 of [9] for the definition of quasifield.) For the remainder of this article we will follow standard conventions and omit, whenever possible, the binary operations + and · in discussing a quasifield. For example, the notation Q will be used in place of the triple (Q, +, ·) and Q* will be used to represent the multiplicative loop (Q − {0}, ·).

Let m be a non-zero element of the quasifield Q; the right multiplicative mapping ρm:Q → Q is defined by

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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , 01 August 1987 , pp. 784 - 793
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1987

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