Explicit incidence bounds over general finite fields

Abstract: Let

m a t h b b F_{q}

be a finite field of order

q = p^{k}

where

p

is prime. Let

P

and

L

be sets of points and lines respectively in

m a t h b b F_{q} i m e s m a t h b b F_{q}

with

| P | = | L | = n

. We establish the incidence bound

I (P, L) l e q g a m m a n^{3 / 2 - 1 / 12838}

, where

g a m m a

is an absolute constant, so long as

P

satisfies the conditions of being an `antifield'. We define this to mean that the projection of

P

onto some coordinate axis has no more than half-dimensional interaction with large subfields of

m a t h b b F_{q}

. In addition, we give examples of sets satisfying these conditions in the important cases

q = p^{2}

and

q = p^{4}

.

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