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Permutation Functions on a Finite Field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Aiden Bruen*
Affiliation:
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, ColoradoUniversity of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
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Using a well-known theorem of Burnside on permutation groups of prime degree we offer new and simplified proofs of Theorems A, B, B' below for the case q=p a prime.

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1972

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