On the quotient set of the distance set
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Let ${\Bbb F}_q$ be a finite field of order $q.$ We prove that if $d\ge 2$ is even and $E \subset {\Bbb F}_q^d$ with $|E| \ge 9q^{\frac{d}{2}}$ then $$ {\Bbb F}_q=\frac{\Delta(E)}{\Delta(E)}=\left\{ \frac{a}{b}: a \in \Delta(E), b \in \Delta(E) \backslash \{0\} \right\},$$ where $$ \Delta(E)=\{||x-y||: x,y \in E\}, \ ||x||=x_1^2+x_2^2+\cdots+x_d^2.$$ If the dimension $d$ is odd and $E\subset \mathbb F_q^d$ with $|E|\ge 6q^{\frac{d}{2}},$ then $$ \{0\}\cup\mathbb F_q^+ \subset \frac{\Delta(E)}{\Delta(E)},$$ where $\mathbb F_q^+$ denotes the set of nonzero quadratic residues in $\mathbb F_q.$ Both results are, in general, best possible, including the conclusion about the nonzero quadratic residues in odd dimensions.
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