I'd like to find if possible the orders possible for $1-\gamma$ given a $\gamma\in\mathbb{F}_q$ of given order $\mathcal{o}$ (where $q=p^f$). Which is clear is that these order have the same degree (degree: minimal $f$ such that $\mathcal{o}|p^f-1$ ie the degree of the minimal polynomial of $\gamma$ ie the minimal $f$ such that $\gamma$ is in $\mathbb{F}_{p^f}$). More precisely if $\mu$ is the minimal polynomial of $\gamma$ on $\mathbb{F}_p$ the minimal polynomial of $1-\gamma$ is $\mu(1-X)$. So it only depends of the conjugacy class of $\gamma$ (that can be seen with Frobenius to). For example with $\gamma\in\mathbb{F}_9\setminus\mathbb{F}_3$: - the $\gamma$ of order 8 with minimal polynomial $\Phi_{8,1}=\mu=X^2-X-1$ have $1-\gamma$ of same order because $\mu(1-X)=\mu(X)$; - the $\gamma$ of order 8 with minimal polynomial $\Phi_{8,2}=\mu=X^2+x-1$ have $1-\gamma$ of order 4 because $\mu(1-X)=X^2+1=\Phi_4(X)$ - the $\gamma$ of order 4 with minimal polynomial $\Phi_4=X^2+1$ have $1-\gamma$ of order 8 because for involutive reasons $\Phi_4(1-X)=\Phi_{8,2}$ As we see here there is more generaly an action of the affine transformation (and even of $\text{Gl}_2(\mathbb{F}_q)$) on the conjugacy class of $\mathbb{F}_q$ elements which respect the orders. I have seen on the net studies of the impact on the order of $\gamma\mapsto\gamma+1/\gamma$ (order of related elements) but I can't find nothing on the impact of $\gamma\mapsto1-\gamma$. Thanks for your help