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Deligne's theorem on exponential sums

I'm an analyst who needs to use Deligne's Theorem 8.4 in 1, but I feel lost in the maze of definitions, and I don't trust my geometric intuition here. Theorem 8.4: Let $Q$ be a polynomial in $n$ ...
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Is there a cheap proof of power savings for exponential sums over finite fields?

Let $p$ be a large prime, and let $f(x) = P(x)/Q(x)$ be a non-constant rational function over ${\Bbb F}_p$ of bounded degree. From the Weil conjectures for curves, we have a bound of the form $$ |\...
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