A note on the Chevalley-Warning theorems

Abstract: Let

f_{1}, ..., f_{r}

be polynomials in

n

variables over a finite field

F

of cardinality

q

and characteristic

p

. Let

f_{i}

have total degree

d_{i}

and define

d = d_{1} + ... + d_{r}

. Write

Z

for the set of common zeros of the

f_{i}

, over the field

F

. Warning showed that

for any two parallel affine hyperplanes

H_{1}, H_{2}

in

F^{n}

. We prove that the same congruence holds to modulus

q

. Warning also proved that

providing that

Z

is non-empty. We sharpen this inequality in various ways, assuming that

Z

is not a linear subspace of

F^{n}

.

Recommendations

Cited in

(17)

This page was built for publication: A note on the Chevalley-Warning theorems