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Inhomogeneous minima of a class of ternary quadratic forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Madhu Raka
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Let denote the kth successive inhomogeneous minima for positive values of real indefinite ternary quadratic forms of type (2, 1). Here it is proved that for the class of zero forms, All the critical forms have also been obtained. is already known. For non-zero forms it is proved that .

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 55 , Issue 3 , December 1993 , pp. 334 - 354
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1993

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