Restriction operators acting on radial functions on vector spaces over finite fields

Abstract

We stduy $L^p-L^r$ restriction estimates for algebraic varieties $V$ in the case when restriction operators act on radial functions in the finite field setting. We show that if the varieties $V$ lie in odd dimensional vector spaces over finite fields, then the conjectured restriction estimates are possible for all radial test functions. In addition, it is proved that if the varieties $V$ in even dimensions have few intersection points with the sphere of zero radius, the same conclusion as in odd dimensional case can be also obtained.