a b s t r a c tLet F be a finite field of odd characteristic q. We calculate the degree of regularity for a quadratic element of the algebra F[X 1 , . . . , X n ]/ X q 1 , . . . , X q n , the first degree at which non-trivial annihilation occurs. We also give an explicit formula for the dimension of the space of non-trivial annihilators of a given degree. These questions arise in multivariate cryptography, particularly in the study of the Hidden Field Equation cryptosystems.
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