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The number of solutions of cubic diagonal equations over finite fields
AIMS Mathematics 2023, 8(3): 6375-6388
Published: 15 March 2023
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Let p be a prime, k be a positive integer, q = p k , and F q be the finite field with q elements. Let F q be the multiplicative group of F q , that is F q = F q { 0 }. In this paper, explicit formulae for the numbers of solutions of cubic diagonal equations a 1 x 1 3 + a 2 x 2 3 = c and b 1 x 1 3 + b 2 x 2 3 + b 3 x 3 3 = c over F q are given, with a i , b j F q ( 1 i 2 , 1 j 3 ), c F q and p 1 ( m o d 3 ). Furthermore, by using the reduction formula for Jacobi sums, the number of solutions of the cubic diagonal equations a 1 x 1 3 + a 2 x 2 3 + + a s x s 3 = c of s 4 variables with a i F q ( 1 i s ), c F q and p 1 ( m o d 3 ), can also be deduced.

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