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Exponential sums over definable subsets of finite fields

Emmanuel Kowalski
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We prove some general estimates for exponential sums over subsets of finite fields which are definable in the language of rings. This generalizes both the classical exponential sum estimates over varieties over finite fields due to Weil, Deligne and others, and the result of Chatzidakis, van den Dries and Macintyre concerning the number of points of those definable sets. As a first application, there is no formula in the language of rings that defines for infinitely many primes an ``interval'' in Z/pZ that is neither bounded nor with bounded complement.

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Emmanuel Kowalski. 2005-06-04. Exponential sums over definable subsets of finite fields. https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0504316

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