Zhi-Chao Tang

Wendt's determinant and finiteness of prime characteristics for permutation binomials

For $f(X)=X^r(X^s+a)\in\mathbb F_{p^m}[X]$, with $m,r,s\geqslant1$ and $a\in\mathbb F_{p^m}^\times$, put $g=\gcd(s,p^m-1)$. We prove that, for each fixed $g$, only finitely many prime characteristics $p$ admit such permutation binomials, even as $m,r,s,a$ vary. If $6\nmid g$, every such $p$ divides Wendt's determinant...