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n
r
=
np+n
0
rp+r
0
=
n
r
n
0
r
0
(mod p)
=
k
i=0
n
i+1
r
i+1
n
0
r
0
(mod p)
=
k+1
i=0
n
i
r
i
(mod p).
We conclude that (7.20) holds for any k, n and r satisfying (7.19).
7.2 Root Representation
Consider (generalized) polynomials over GF (q). Let ψ(z)=
h
i=k
a
i
z
i
be a
(generalized) polynomials over GF (q), where h, k are integers, h k,and
a
i
∈ GF (q), i = k, k +1,...,h.maxi[ a
i
= 0 ] is referred to as the high degree
of ψ,andmini[ a
i
= 0 ] is referred to as the low degree of ψ. In the case of the
zero polynomial, its high degree is ∞ and its low degree is −∞. Clearly, if the
high degree and the low degree of ψ
i
(z)areh
i
and k
i
, respectively, i =1, 2,
then the high degree and the low degree of the product of ψ
1
(z)andψ
2
(z)
are h
1
+ h
2
and k
1
+ k
2
, respectively. For any polynomial ψ and any nonzero
polynomial ϕ, it is easy to show that there exist uniquely polynomials q(z)
and r(z) such that
ψ(z)=q(z)ϕ(z)+r(z),
r(z)=0orthelowdegreeofr(z) the low degree of ϕ(z), and q(z)=0orthe
high degree of q(z) < 0. Denote the unique q(z)andr(z)byQuo
(ψ(z),ϕ(z))
and Res
(ψ(z),ϕ(z)), respectively. It is easy to verify that for any nonzero
polynomial χ(z), we have Quo
(χ(z)ψ(z),χ(z)ϕ(z)) = Quo
(ψ(z),ϕ(z)) and
Res
(χ(z)ψ(z),χ(z)ϕ(z)) = χ(z)Res
(ψ(z),ϕ(z)).
Let M = Y, S, δ,λ be a linear autonomous finite automaton over GF(q)
with structure parameters m, n and structure matrices A, C.Thatis,Y and
S are column vector spaces of dimensions m and n over GF (q), respectively,
δ(s)=As, λ(s)=Cs,andA and C are n × n and m × n matrices over
GF (q), respectively. A and C are referred to as the state transition matrix
and the output matrix of M , respectively.
For any s ∈ S, the infinite output sequence generated by s means the
sequence y
0
y
1
... y
i
...,wherey
i
= λ(δ
i
(s)) for i 0. We use Φ
M
(s)to
denote [y
0
, y
1
, ..., y
i
, ...], and use Φ
M
(s, z)todenoteitsz-transformation
∞
i=0
y
i
z
i
. For any i,1 i m,weuseΦ
(i)
M
(s)andΦ
(i)
M
(s, z)todenotethe
i-th row of Φ
M
(s)andthei-th component of Φ
M
(s, z), respectively. Clearly,
Φ
(i)
M
(s, z)isthez-transformation of Φ
(i)
M
(s).