A lower bound for the number of solutions of equations over finite fields

Number of Points of Varieties in Finite Fields

Serge Lang · American Journal of Mathematics · 1954 · 431 citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Engineering, Field-programmable Gate Arrays +9

On the Rationality of the Zeta Function of an Algebraic Variety

Bernard Dwork · American Journal of Mathematics · 1960 · 355 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Algebra +12

Elementary method in the theory of congruences for a prime modulus

Acta Arithmetica · 1970 · 15 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Number Theory +7

An elementary proof of the Hasse-Weil theorem for hyperelliptic curves

S. A. Stepanov · Journal of Number Theory · 1972 · 12 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometry +8