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On matrix Kloosterman sums and Hall-Littlewood polynomials

Number Theory 2025-01-03 v4 Representation Theory

Abstract

We prove an identity relating twisted matrix Kloosterman sums to modified Hall-Littlewood polynomials evaluated at the roots of the characteristic polynomial associated to a twisted Kloosterman sheaf. This solves a conjecture of Erd\'elyi and T\'oth.

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@article{arxiv.2312.13121,
  title  = {On matrix Kloosterman sums and Hall-Littlewood polynomials},
  author = {Elad Zelingher},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.13121},
  year   = {2025}
}

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25 Pages, comments are welcome. v4: This version contains all changes that were made for submission in Transactions of the AMS