The exotic inverted Kloosterman sum
Number Theory
2024-12-06 v2
Abstract
Let be a product of finitely many finite fields containing , a nontrivial additive character, and 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 -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 and mixed of weight at most , where . 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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