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The Minimum of a Definite Ternary Quadratic Form

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

A. P. Dempster
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A purely algebraic solution for the problem of the extreme definite ternary quadratic form has been given by Mordell (2). The equivalent geometric problem of the critical lattice of a sphere was solved by Mrs. Ollerenshaw (3) under a preliminary assumption that was said to be justified by “simple considerations” (p. 297).

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Research Article
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Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 9 , 1957 , pp. 232 - 234
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1957

References

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