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Integral Bases for Quadratic Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

J. H. H. Chalk*
Affiliation:
University of Toronto and University College, London
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Let

be an indefinite quadratic form in the integer variables x1, . . . , xn with real coefficients of determinant D = ||ars||(n) ≠ 0. The homogeneous minimum MH(Qn) and the inhomogeneous minimum MI(Qn) of Qn(x) are defined as follows :

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1963

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