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The distribution of rational points on hypersurfaces defined over a finite field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. A. Smith
R. A. Smith
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Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Let p be an odd prime and denote by [p] the field of p elements. Let C = C(n, p) be the set of points x = (x1 …, xn) of Zn (n ≥ 1) satisfying

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Mathematika , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , December 1970 , pp. 328 - 332
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Copyright © University College London 1970

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