Аннотация:Let N_q be the number of solutions to the equation
(a_1 x_1^{m_1}+...+a_n x_n^{m_n})^k=bx_1^{k_1}...x_n^{k_n}
over the finite field F_q=F_{p^s}. Carlitz found formulas for N_q when k_1=...=k_n=m_1=...=m_n=1, k=2, n=3 or 4, p>2; and when m_1=...=m_n=2, k=k_1=...=k_n=1, n=3 or 4, p>2. In earlier papers, we studied the above equation with k_1=...=k_n=1 and obtained some generalizations of Carlitz's results. Recently, Pan, Zhao and Cao considered the case of arbitrary positive integers k_1,...,k_n and proved the formula
N_q=q^{n-1}+(-1)^{n-1},
provided that
gcd(\sum_{j=1}^n (k_jm_1... m_n/m_j)-km_1... m_n,q-1)=1.
In this chapter, we determine N_q explicitly in some other cases.