Ax's theorem with an additive character
Abstract
Motivated by Emmanuel Kowalski's exponential sums over definable sets in finite fields, we generalize Ax's theorem on pseudo-finite fields to a continuous-logic setting allowing for an additive character. The role played by Weil's Riemann hypothesis for curves over finite fields is taken by the `Weil bound' on exponential sums. Subsequent model-theoretic developments, including simplicity and the Chatzidakis-Van den Dries-Macintyre definable measures, also generalize. Analytically, we have the following consequence: consider the algebra of functions obtained from the additive characters and the characteristic functions of subvarieties by pre- or post-composing with polynomials, applying min and sup operators to the real part, and averaging over subvarieties. Then any element of this class can be approximated, uniformly in the variables and in the prime , by a polynomial expression in at certain algebraic functions of the variables, where is the standard additive character.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1911.01096,
title = {Ax's theorem with an additive character},
author = {Ehud Hrushovski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.01096},
year = {2021}
}
Comments
Version 3: various local changes, with some material reorganized for clarity. The main mathematical difference is in section 5, where the connection to Duke-Friedlander-Iwaniec is considerably tightened