New results on linear permutation polynomials with coefficients in a subfield

Abstract

Some families of linear permutation polynomials of $\mathbb{F}_{q^{ms}}$ with coefficients in $\mathbb{F}_{q^{m}}$ are explicitly described (via conditions on their coefficients) as isomorphic images of classical subgroups of the general linear group of degree $m$ over the ring $\frac{\mathbb{F}_{q}[x]}{\left\langle x^{s}-1 \right\rangle}$. In addition, the sizes of some of these families are computed. Finally, several criteria to construct linear permutation polynomials of $\mathbb{F}_{q^{2p}}$ (where $p$ is a prime number) with prescribed coefficients in $\mathbb{F}_{q^{2}}$ are given. Examples illustrating the main results are presented.