Averaging operators over homogeneous varieties over finite fields (Q282827)

Let \(\mathbb{F}_q^d\) denote a \(d\)-dimensional vector space over a finite field with \(q\) elements. For a certain family of homogeneous varieties \(\mathcal{H}_k\subset\mathbb{F}_q^d\) defined over \(\mathbb{Z}\), let \(\mathfrak{P}(p,r)\) denote the existence of a \(q\)-independent upper bound on the norm of the convolution operator \(*\mathrm{d}\sigma\) from \(L^p(\mathbb{F}_q^d)\) to \(L^r(\mathbb{F}_q^d)\) where \(\mathrm{d}\sigma\) denotes the normalized surface measure supported on \(\mathcal{H}_k\). The authors give a sufficient and, in some cases, necessary condition on \((\frac{1}{p},\frac{1}{r})\) for \(\mathfrak{P}(p,r)\). The proof proceeds by establishing sufficient regularity properties for \(\mathcal{H}_k\) such that one could conclude by applying the Weil bound.