Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials and reversed Dickson polynomials

Abstract

We discuss the problem of classifying Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials from the composition of reversed Dickson polynomials of arbitrary kind and monomials over finite fields of odd characteristic. Moreover, by using a variant of the Weil bound for the number of points of affine algebraic curves over finite fields, we discuss the planarity of all such Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials. Planar Dembowski-Ostrom polynomials have applications in many areas including cryptography and coding theory.