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The representation of integers by positive ternary quadratic forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

G. L. Watson
G. L. Watson
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University College, London
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Let f = f(x, y, z) be a positive definite form of the type

where x, y, z are integral valued variables, and the coefficients a, …, t are integers whose highest common factor is 1. As the determinant of such a form may be fractional, I define

and

thus — C is the discriminant of the binary form f(x, y, 0), and the necessary and sufficient condition for f to be positive definite is that a > 0, C > 0, and d > 0.

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Mathematika , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1954, pp. 104 - 110
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Copyright © University College London 1954

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page note 104 * Izvestia Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 4, (1940) 363–402.Google Scholar

page note 104 † Annals of Math., 28 (1927), 333–341.Google Scholar

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