Sequences of irreducible polynomials over odd prime fields via elliptic curve endomorphisms

Abstract: In this paper we present and analyse a construction of irreducible polynomials over odd prime fields via the transforms which take any polynomial $f \in \mathbf{F}_p[x]$ of positive degree $n$ to $\left(\frac{x}{k} \right)^n \cdot f(k(x+x^{-1}))$, for some specific values of the odd prime $p$ and $k \in \mathbf{F}_p$.