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On the minimal points of positive definite quadratic forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. A. Rankin
R. A. Rankin
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The University, Glasgow.
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Let be a positive definite quadratic form in n variables. Here x denotes a column vector with components x1, x2, …, xn, and we write A for the symmetric matrix {ajk} so that

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , June 1956 , pp. 15 - 24
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Copyright © University College London 1956

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