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L-functions of Certain Exponential Sums over Finite Fields

Number Theory 2021-07-19 v4

Abstract

In this paper, we completely determine the slopes and weights of the L-functions of an important class of exponential sums arising from analytic number theory. Our main tools include Adolphson-Sperber's work on toric exponential sums and Wan's decomposition theorems. One consequence of our main result is a sharp estimate of these exponential sums. Another consequence is to obtain an explicit counterexample of Adolphson-Sperber's conjecture on weights of toric exponential sums.

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@article{arxiv.2002.02023,
  title  = {L-functions of Certain Exponential Sums over Finite Fields},
  author = {Chao Chen and Xin Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.02023},
  year   = {2021}
}
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