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A determinant of linear forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

H. Davenport
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Let x1, …, xn be linear forms in u1, …, un with real coefficients, and (for simplicity) determinant 1. Given a form (that is, a homogeneous polynomial) F(x1, …, xn), we can ask the following question: do there exist, for arbitrary real α1, …, αn, integers ul, …, un such that

where C is a suitable number independent of α1, …, αn and of the particular linear forms x1 …, xn? In two well-known cases this is true: namely when

and when

where 1 ≤ r ≤ n − 1.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , June 1971 , pp. 100 - 104
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Copyright © University College London 1971

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