On the set of distances between two sets over finite fields

We use bounds of exponential sums to derive new lower bounds on the number of distinct distances between all pairs of points (x,y)∈×ℬ for two given sets ,ℬ∈Fqn, where Fq is a finite field of q elements and n≥1 is an integer.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Igor E. Shparlinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2006-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS/2006/59482