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Erdos-Falconer distance problem, exponential sums, and Fourier analytic approach to incidence theorems in vector spaces over finite fields

Number Theory 2007-05-23 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We prove several incidence theorems in vector spaces over finite fields using bounds for various classes of exponential sums and apply these to Erdos-Falconer type distance problems.

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@article{arxiv.math/0609366,
  title  = {Erdos-Falconer distance problem, exponential sums, and Fourier analytic approach to incidence theorems in vector spaces over finite fields},
  author = {Alex Iosevich and Doowon Koh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0609366},
  year   = {2007}
}