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We obtain an explicit formula for the number of solutions of a special equation in a finite field under a certain restriction on the exponents.
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Baoulina, I. On the Number of Solutions of the Equation \(a_{1}x_{1}^{m_{1}}+\cdots +a_{n}x_{n}^{m_{n}}=bx_{1}\cdots x_{n}\) in a Finite Field. Acta Appl Math 85, 35–39 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-004-5583-7
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