On point-line incidences in vector spaces over finite fields

Abstract Let F q be the finite field of q elements. We show that for almost every point set P and line set L in F q 2 of cardinality | P | = | L | ≳ q , there exists a pair ( p , l ) ∈ P × L with p ∈ l . We also obtain a similar result in the setting of the finite cyclic ring Z / m Z .