Matrix Kloosterman sums modulo prime powers (Q6204755)

For a square matrix \(X\) we let \(\psi(X)=e^{2 \pi i \mathrm{Tr} X}\). In the paper under review, the authors provide bounds for the matrix Kloosterman sums \[ K_n(A,B; p^k)=\sum_{X\in \mathrm{GL}_n(\mathbb{Z}/p^k\mathbb{Z})} \psi((AX+X^{-1}B)/p^k), \] with given \(A,B\in \mathbb{Z}^{n\times n}\). Based on some auxiliary results, and assuming that \(k>1\), \(n>1\) and the matrices \(A, B\) are not both \(0\) modulo prime \(p\), they show that \[ |K_n(A,B;p^k)|\leq 2^n \begin{cases} p^{kn^2-\lceil\frac{k}{2}\rceil n} & \text{ for all } A,B,\\ p^{kn^2-\lceil\frac{k}{2}\rceil n^2} & \text{ if } \gcd(\det A,\det B,p)=1. \end{cases} \] The case \(k=1\) has been studied in a recent and under publication work.