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The positive values of inhomogeneous ternary quadratic forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

E. S. Barnes
E. S. Barnes
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University of Adelaide.
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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.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , October 1961 , pp. 127 - 132
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1961

References

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