Norm-trace and Kloosterman sums in finite semi-simple algebras

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Main Author: Wan, Daqing
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contents An asymptotic formula with a square root error term is obtained for the number of elements with given trace and norm in a finite semisimple algebra over a finite field. This extends previous results from finite etale algebras (commutative case) to finite semi-simple algebras (non-commutative case). The main idea is to apply the Eichler formula for Gauss sums over the general linear group and the Hasse-Davenport relation to reduce the problem to the classical geometric case where the result is known to be true. As an application of this reduction, we also obtain a square root estimate for Kloosterman sums over semi-simple algebras. Similar square root estimates are discussed when norm-trace is replaced by product-trace, leading to a new conjecture on product-trace counting over finite semi-simple algebras.
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spellingShingle Norm-trace and Kloosterman sums in finite semi-simple algebras
Wan, Daqing
Number Theory
11T24, 11G25, 11L40
An asymptotic formula with a square root error term is obtained for the number of elements with given trace and norm in a finite semisimple algebra over a finite field. This extends previous results from finite etale algebras (commutative case) to finite semi-simple algebras (non-commutative case). The main idea is to apply the Eichler formula for Gauss sums over the general linear group and the Hasse-Davenport relation to reduce the problem to the classical geometric case where the result is known to be true. As an application of this reduction, we also obtain a square root estimate for Kloosterman sums over semi-simple algebras. Similar square root estimates are discussed when norm-trace is replaced by product-trace, leading to a new conjecture on product-trace counting over finite semi-simple algebras.
title Norm-trace and Kloosterman sums in finite semi-simple algebras
topic Number Theory
11T24, 11G25, 11L40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18511