Divisibility of exponential sums via elementary methods

We present an elementary method for evaluating the order of p-divisibility of exponential sums over a prime field. This method unifies and sometimes improves previously known results of Ax-Katz, Moreno-Moreno, Adolphson-Sperber, and Cao-Sun.     

On upper bounds of Chalk and Hua for exponential sums

Let be a polynomial of degree with integer coefficients, any prime, any positive integer and the exponential sum . We establish that if is nonconstant when read , then . Let , let be a zero of the congruence of multiplicity and let be the sum with restricted to values congruent to . We obtain for odd, and . If, in addition, , then we obtain the sharp upper bound .

     

On families of additive exponential sums

In this paper we compute geometric monodromy groups of additive exponential sums over BbbAⁿ. Our approach builds on work of N. Katz, and involves p-adic analysis of explicit sums and computation of the Galois group of an equation over a function field in characteristic 2. The paper also provides a brief historical outline of the problem and lists previously known results.     

Approximation of exponential sums by shorter ones

A new theorem on approximation of exponential sum by shorter one is proved.     

An improved Mordell type bound for exponential sums

For a sparse polynomial , with and , we show that

thus improving upon a bound of Mordell. Analogous results are obtained for Laurent polynomials and for mixed exponential sums.

     

Mean value of some exponential sums and applications to Kloosterman sums

Let q, m, n, k be integers with q?3 and k?1, define the exponential sum

     

有限域上幂剩余正规元的存在性

GF(q)是q个元的有限域,q是素数的方幂,n是正整数,GF(q~n)为GF(q)的n次扩张.用指数和估计的方法给出了3种情形下幂剩余正规元存在的充分条件,即(1)GF(q~n)中存在元ξ为GF(q)上的幂剩余正规元;(2)GF(q~n)中存在元ξ与ξ~(-1)同时为GF(q)上幂剩余正规元;(3)对GF(q~n)~*中任意给定的非零元a和b,GF(q~n)中存在元ξ与ξ~(-1)同时为GF(q)上d次幂剩余正规元,且满足Tr(ξ)=a,Tr(ξ~(-1))=b.     

On L-functions of certain exponential sums

Let ${\mathbb{F}}_q$ denote the finite field of order q of characteristic p. We study the p-adic valuations for zeros of L-functions associated with exponential sums of the following family of Laurent polynomials$f(x)=a_1{x}_{n+1}(x_1+\frac{1}{x_1})+\cdots +a_n{x}_{n+1}(x_n+\frac{1}{x_n})+a_{n+1}{x}_{n+1}+\frac{1}{x_{n+1}}$ where $a_i\in {\mathbb{F}}_q^{⁎}$, $i=1,2,\dots ,n+1$. When $n=2$, the estimate of the associated exponential sum appears in Iwaniecʼs work on small eigenvalues of the Laplace–Beltrami operator acting on automorphic functions with respect to the group ${\Gamma }_0(p)$, and Adolphson and Sperber gave complex absolute values for zeros of the corresponding L-function. Using the decomposition theory of Wan, we determine the generic Newton polygon (q-adic values of the reciprocal zeros) of the L-function. Working on the chain level version of Dworkʼs trace formula and using Wanʼs decomposition theory, we are able to give an explicit Hasse polynomial for the generic Newton polygon in low dimensions, i.e., $n⩽3$.     

Universal sums of three quadratic polynomials

Let a,b,c,d,e and f be integers with a≥ c≥ e> 0,b>-a and b≡a(mod 2),d>-c and d≡c(mod 2),f>-e and f≡e(mod 2).Suppose that b≥d if a=c,and d≥f if c=e.When b(a-b),d(c-d) and f(e-f) are not all zero,we prove that if each n∈N={0,1,2,...} can be written as x(ax+b)/2+y(cy+d)/2+z(ez+f)/2 with x,y,z∈N then the tuple(a,b,c,d,e,f) must be on our list of 473 candidates,and show that 56 of them meet our purpose.When b∈[0,a),d∈[0,c) and f∈[0,e),we investigate the universal tuples(a,b,c,d,e,f) over Z for which any n∈N can be written as x(ax+b)/2+y(cy+d)/2+z(ez+f)/2 with x,y,z∈Z,and show that there are totally 12,082 such candidates some of which are proved to be universal tuples over Z.For example,we show that any n∈N can be written as x(x+1)/2+y(3y+1)/2+z(5z+1)/2 with x,y,z∈Z,and conjecture that each n∈N can be written as x(x+1)/2+y(3y+1)/2+z(5z+1)/2 with x,y,z∈N.     

Exponential sums and rigid cohomology

In this article, we prove a comparison theorem between the Dwork cohomology introduced by Adolphson and Sperber and the rigid cohomology. As a corollary, we can calculate the rigid cohomology of Dwork isocrystal on torus.     

Irreducibility and the distribution of some exponential sums

We relate the distribution of the absolute value of some generalized Gauss sums to the absolute irreducibility of some polynomials in two variables in characteristic 0 and p.