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The exotic inverted Kloosterman sum

Number Theory 2024-12-06 v2

Abstract

Let BB be a product of finitely many finite fields containing Fq\mathbb F_q, ψ:FqQ\psi:\mathbb F_q\to \overline{\mathbb Q}_\ell^* a nontrivial additive character, and χ:BQ\chi: B^*\to \overline{\mathbb Q}_\ell^* a multiplicative character. Katz introduced the so-called exotic inverted Kloosterman sum \begin{eqnarray*} \mathrm{EIK}(\mathbb F_q, a):=\sum_{\substack{x\in B^* \\ \mathrm{Tr}_{B/\mathbb F_q}(x)\not =0\\ \mathrm{N}_{B/\mathbb F_q}(x)=a}} \chi(x)\psi\Big(\frac{1}{\mathrm{Tr}_{B/\mathbb F_q}(x)}\Big), \ \ a\in \mathbb F_q^*. \end{eqnarray*} We estimate this sum using \ell-adic cohomology theory. Our main result is that, up to a trivial term, the associated exotic inverted Kloosterman sheaf is lisse of rank at most 2(n+1)2(n+1) and mixed of weight at most nn, where n+1=dimFqBn+1 = \dim_{\mathbb F_q}B. Up to a trivial main term, this gives the expected square root cancellation.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2407.03599,
  title  = {The exotic inverted Kloosterman sum},
  author = {Lei Fu and Daqing Wan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.03599},
  year   = {2024}
}

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R2 v1 2026-06-28T17:28:42.578Z