Visual properties of generalized Kloosterman sums (Q897540)

For a positive integer \(m\) and a subgroup \(\Lambda\) of \((\mathbb Z/m\mathbb Z)^\times\), the corresponding generalized Kloosterman sum is the function \(K(a,b,m,\Lambda)=\sum_{u\in\Lambda}e(\frac{au+bu^{-1}}{m})\) for \(a,b\in\mathbb Z/m\mathbb Z\). The authors identify the precise number-theoretic conditions that give rise to particular phenomena.