• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.259-272
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• 2017

In this paper we study the mapping properties of the finite field restricted averaging operators to various algebraic varieties. We derive necessary conditions for the boundedness of the generalized restricted averaging operator related to arbitrary algebraic varieties. It is shown that the necessary conditions are in fact sufficient in the specific case when the Fourier transform on varieties has enough decay estimates. Our work extends the known optimal result on regular varieties such as paraboloids and spheres to certain lower dimensional varieties.

• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.251-259
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• 2015

Let $\mathbb{F}^d_q$ be a d-dimensional vector space over a finite field $\mathbb{F}^d_q$ with q elements. We endow the space $\mathbb{F}^d_q$ with a normalized counting measure dx. Let ${\sigma}$ be a normalized surface measure on an algebraic variety V contained in the space ($\mathbb{F}^d_q$, dx). We define the restricted averaging operator AV by $A_Vf(X)=f*{\sigma}(x)$ for $x{\in}V$, where $f:(\mathbb{F}^d_q,dx){\rightarrow}\mathbb{C}$: In this paper, we initially investigate $L^p{\rightarrow}L^r$ estimates of the restricted averaging operator AV. As a main result, we obtain the optimal results on this problem in the case when the varieties V are any nondegenerate algebraic curves in two dimensional vector spaces over finite fields. The Fourier restriction estimates for curves on $\mathbb{F}^2_q$ play a crucial role in proving our results.