Convolution and Equidistribution: Sato-Tate Theorems for Finite-Field Mellin Transforms

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By Nicholas M. Katz *66

Published Jan. 21, 2016

(Princeton University Press) Katz explores an important aspect of number theory, the theory of exponential sums over finite fields and their Mellin transforms, and provides a new framework in which to study this. Katz is a professor of mathematics at Princeton University.

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