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Integer solutions of systems of quadratic equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. L. Britton
J. L. Britton
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth College, London
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As is well known, there is an algorithm for deciding if a system of linear equations with coefficients from the set Z of integers has a solution in integers. The purpose of this paper is to answer the following question: does this remain true if ‘linear’ is replaced by ‘quadratic’?

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 86 , Issue 3 , November 1979 , pp. 385 - 389
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1979

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