Irreducible trinomials of given degree n over F_2 do not always exist and in the cases that there is no irreducible trinomial of degree n it may be effective to use trinomials with an irreducible factor of degree n. In this paper we consider some conditions under which irreducible polynomials divide trinomials over F_2. A condition for divisibility of self-reciprocal trinomials by irreducible polynomials over F_2 is established. And we extend Welch's criterion for testing if an irreducible polynomial divides trinomials ...

We consider the resolvent problem for the scalar Oseen equation in the whole space R^3. We show that for small values of the resolvent parameter it is impossible to obtain an L^2-estimate analogous to the one which is valid for the Stokes resolvent, even if the resolvent parameter has positive real part.