The Poisson avoidance conjecture for a system of linear forms

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Let qq be a prime, let Fq\mathbb F_q be the finite field with qq elements, let d=π(q−1)d=\pi(q-1), and let LnL_n be the linear forms from the paper on Fqd\mathbb F_q^d. For x0∈Fqx_0\in\mathbb F_q, the Poisson avoidance conjecture. As q→∞q\to\infty,

#{v∈Fqd:Ln(v)≠x0 for 1≤n≤q}qd=e−1+o(1).\frac{\#\{\mathbf v\in\mathbb F_q^d: L_n(\mathbf v)\neq x_0\text{ for }1\leq n\leq q\}}{q^d}=e^{-1}+o(1).

The assertion expresses the expected Poisson probability that none of the qq prescribed linear conditions is met. The supplied passage gives the expected asymptotic but does not indicate a proof or resolution.

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Pär Kurlberg, Florian Luca and Igor Shparlinski, “On the Fixed Points of the Map x -> x^x Modulo a Prime”, arXiv:1402.4464 (2014).

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