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One-class genera of 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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We consider positive-definite ternary quadratic forms with integer coefficients. Such a form, f, can be written in matrix notation as

Here x′ is the transpose of the column vector x = {x1, x2, x3) and a,ij = aji is the coefficient of xixj in f. Clearly det A is positive and even and so

is a negative integer.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , June 1972 , pp. 96 - 104
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Copyright © University College London 1972

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