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The positive values of inhomogeneous ternary quadratic forms

Authors :
E. S. Barnes
Source :
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society. 2:127-132
Publication Year :
1961
Publisher :
Cambridge University Press (CUP), 1961.

Abstract

Let f(x, y, z) be an indefinite ternary quadratic form of signature (2, 1) and determinant d ≠ 0. Davenport [3] has shown that there exist integral x, y, z with, the equality sign being necessary if and only if f is a positive multiple of f1(x, y, z) = x2 + yz.

Details

ISSN :
00049735 and 14467887
Volume :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........40498a9eae40caee0cf16d88916b4df9
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1017/s1446788700026586