Factoring Dickson Polynomials over Finite Fields

We derive the factorizations of the Dickson polynomialsDn(X,a) andEn(X,a), and of the bivariate Dickson polynomialsDn(X,a)?Dn(Y,a), over any finite field. Our proofs are significantly shorter and more elementary than those previously known.

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