The number of solutions of diagonal cubic equations over finite fields

Abstract: Let

m a t h b b F_{q}

be a finite field of

q = p^{k}

elements. For any

z i n m a t h b b F_{q}

, let

A_{n} (z)

and

B_{n} (z)

denote the number of solutions of the equations

x_{1}^{3} + x_{2}^{3} + c d o t s + x_{n}^{3} = z

and

x_{1}^{3} + x_{2}^{3} + c d o t s + x_{n}^{3} + z x_{n + 1}^{3} = 0

respectively. Recently, using the generator of

m a t h b b F_{q}^{a s t}

, Hong and Zhu gave the generating functions

s u m_{n = 1}^{i n f t y} A_{n} (z) x^{n}

and

s u m_{n = 1}^{i n f t y} B_{n} (z) x^{n}

. In this paper, we give the generating functions

s u m_{n = 1}^{i n f t y} A_{n} (z) x^{n}

and

s u m_{n = 1}^{i n f t y} B_{n} (z) x^{n}

immediately by the coefficient

z

. Moreover, we gave the formulas of the number of solutions of equation

a_{1} x_{1}^{3} + a_{2} x_{2}^{3} + a_{3} x_{3}^{3} = 0

and our formulas are immediately determined by the coefficients

a_{1}, a_{2}

and

a_{3}

. These extend and improve earlier results.

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