We classify, for every prime power $q$ and every $e\geqslant2$, the permutation binomials $X^r(X^{q-1}+a)$ over $\mathbb F_{q^e}$. Writing $\ell_j(q)=(q^j-1)/(q-1)$, such a binomial is a permutation if and only if $\gcd(r,q-1)=1$, $(-a)^{\ell_e(q)}\ne1$, and $r\ell_h(q)\equiv1\pmod{\ell_e(q)}$ for some $1\leqslant h<e$ coprime to $e$. This proves a conjecture of Masuda, Rubio, and Santiago: every permutation binomial of this form arises from $(X^{q^h}+aX)\circ X^r$ for a suitable $h$. We also determine the exact number of distinct permutation functions represented by this family. As a further consequence, we completely classify the broader family $X^r(X^{d(q-1)}+a)$ in the coprime-index case $\gcd(d,\ell_e(q))=1$. The new ingredient in the main classification is the necessity argument: selected Hermite power sums are organized so that Lucas'theorem turns their coefficients into digit conditions; a Farey-guided local argument then forces successive base-$q$ digits, and cyclic rotations yield the inverse congruence. In characteristic $2$, a mod-$4$ lift to an auxiliary ring retains endpoint information lost modulo $2$.
This paper is devoted to studying permutation binomial $F_{r,a}(X)=X^r(X^{q-1}+a)\in\mathbb F_{q^e}[X]$ with $a\in\mathbb F_{q^e}^*$. We present a complete characterization for $F_{r,a}$ to be a permutation of $\mathbb{F}_{q^e}$. This yields a complete proof of the conjecture proposed by Masuda--Rubio--Santiago \cite{m...
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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...
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