Averages and maximal averages over Product j-varieties in finite fields

Abstract: We study both averaging and maximal averaging problems for Product $j$-varieties defined by $\Pi_j={x\in \mathbb F_q^d: \prod_{k=1}^d x_k=j}$ for $j\in \mathbb F_q^*,$ where $\mathbb F_q^d$ denotes a $d$-dimensional vector space over the finite field $\mathbb F_q$ with $q$ elements. We prove the sharp $L^p\to L^r$ boundedness of averaging operators associated to Product $j$-varieties. We also obtain the optimal $L^p$ estimate for a maximal averaging operator related to a family of Product $j$-varieties ${\Pi_j}_{j\in \mathbb F_q^*}.$