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Projective transitivity of a trinomial linearized polynomial (L(X)=Xqd+Xq+TX)

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For d≥2, nonzero roots define projective-point coordinates s=Xq−1, satisfying sN+s+T=0, where N=(qd−1)/(q−1). This polynomial is irreducible over Fq​(T). After fixing one root s, the remaining coordinates satisfy R(Y,s)=(YN−sN)/(Y−s)+1. Substitute z=Y/s and h=1/s: the equation becomes hN−1+(zN−1)/(z−1)=0. At a nontrivial Nth root of unity the second term has a simple zero, so the polynomial is Eisenstein over the algebraic closure's rational function field. This proves irreducibility of R and hence two-transitivity on projective points.

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