Distribution of determinant of matrices with restricted entries over finite fields

dc.creatorVinh, Le Anh
dc.date2009-03-13
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:52:40Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:52:40Z
dc.descriptionFor a prime power $q$, we study the distribution of determinent of matrices with restricted entries over a finite field $\mathbbm{F}_q$ of $q$ elements. More precisely, let $N_d (\mathcal{A}; t)$ be the number of $d \times d$ matrices with entries in $\mathcal{A}$ having determinant $t$. We show that \[ N_d (\mathcal{A}; t) = (1 + o (1)) \frac{|\mathcal{A}|^{d^2}}{q}, \] if $|\mathcal{A}| = ω(q^{\frac{d}{2d-1}})$, $d\geqslant 4$. When $q$ is a prime and $\mathcal{A}$ is a symmetric interval $[-H,H]$, we get the same result for $d\geqslant 3$. This improves a result of Ahmadi and Shparlinski (2007).
dc.descriptionJournal of Combinatorics and Number Theory (to appear)
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2508
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0903.2508
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/223370
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.subjectNumber Theory
dc.subject11C20, 11T23
dc.titleDistribution of determinant of matrices with restricted entries over finite fields
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