The distribution of solutions to equations over finite fields
Author:
Todd Cochrane
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 293 (1986), 819-826
MSC:
Primary 11T41; Secondary 11D72
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1986-0816328-4
MathSciNet review:
816328
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Abstract: Let be the finite field in
elements,
be a
-tuple of polynomials in
,
be the set of points in
satisfying
and
,
be any subsets of
. Set
,












We also show that if is a box of points in
not contained in any
-dimensional subspace and
, then
contains
linearly independent points.
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1986-0816328-4
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American Mathematical Society