The number of rational points of certain quartic diagonal hypersurfaces over finite fields

Let $p$ be an odd prime and let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field of characteristic $p$ with order $q=p^s$. For $f(x_1, \cdots, x_n)\in\mathbb{F}_q[x_1, ..., x_n]$, we denote by $N(f(x_1, \cdots, x_n)=0)$ the number of $\mathbb{F}_q$-rational points on the affine hypersurface $f(x_1, \cdots, x_n)=0$....

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Published inAIMS mathematics Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 2710 - 2731
Main Authors Zhao, Junyong, Hong, Shaofang, Zhu, Chaoxi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published AIMS Press 01.01.2020
Subjects
diagonal hypersurface
finite field
gauss sum
jacobi sum
rational point
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Summary:Let $p$ be an odd prime and let $\mathbb{F}_q$ be a finite field of characteristic $p$ with order $q=p^s$. For $f(x_1, \cdots, x_n)\in\mathbb{F}_q[x_1, ..., x_n]$, we denote by $N(f(x_1, \cdots, x_n)=0)$ the number of $\mathbb{F}_q$-rational points on the affine hypersurface $f(x_1, \cdots, x_n)=0$. In 1981, Myerson gave a formula for $N(x_1^4+\cdots+x_n^4=0)$. Recently, Zhao and Zhao obtained an explicit formula for $N(x_1^4+x_2^4=c)$ with $c\in\mathbb{F}_q^*:=\mathbb{F}_q\setminus \{0\}$. In this paper, by using the Gauss sum and Jacobi sum, we arrive at explicit formulas for $N(x_1^4+x_2^4+x_3^4=c)$ and $N(x_1^4+x_2^4+x_3^4+x_4^4=c)$ with $c\in\mathbb{F}_q^*$.
ISSN:2473-6988
2473-6988
DOI:10.3934/math.2020175