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Indefinite quadratic polynomials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

R. J. Cook
R. J. Cook
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University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2Tn
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Let

be an indefinite quadratic form with real coefficients. A well-known result, due to Birch, Davenport and Ridout [1], [5] and [6], states that if n ≥21 then for any ε > 0 there is an integer vector x ≠O such that

Recently [3] we have quantified this result, obtaining a function g(n) such that g(n)→ ½ as n n→ ∞ and such that for any η > 0 and all large enough X there is an integer vector x satisfying

where |x| = max |xi|and the implicit constant in Vinogradov's ≪-notation is independent of X.

Type
Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , July 1983 , pp. 133 - 138
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1983

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