Sums of multivariate polynomials in finite subgroups
Let [Formula: see text] be a commutative ring, [Formula: see text] a multivariate polynomial, and [Formula: see text] a finite subgroup of the group of units of [Formula: see text] satisfying a certain constraint, which always holds if [Formula: see text] is a field. Then, we evaluate [Formula: see text], where the summation is taken over all pairwise distinct [Formula: see text]. In particular, let [Formula: see text] be a power of an odd prime, [Formula: see text] a positive integer coprime with [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] integers such that [Formula: see text] divides [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] does not divide [Formula: see text] for all non-empty proper subsets [Formula: see text]; then [Formula: see text] where the summation is taken over all pairwise distinct [Formula: see text]th residues [Formula: see text] modulo [Formula: see text] coprime with [Formula: see text].