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Indefinite quadratic polynomials
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 February 2010
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1. Let f = f(x1, …, xn) be an indefinite quadratic form in n variables with discriminant d = d(f) ¹ 0; and let ξ1, …, ξn be real numbers. We consider how closely the inhomogeneous quadratic polynomial
can be made to approximate to a given real number α by choice of suitable integral values of the variables xi. The best that is known seems to be that the inequalities
can always be satisfied if the implied constant is given a suitable value depending only on n. For α ≥ 0 this is a restatement of a result proved by Dr. D. M. E. Foster.
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