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Indefinite quadratic polynomials in n variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

D. M. E. Foster
D. M. E. Foster
Affiliation:
Bedford College, London, N.W.I.
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Let

denote an indefinite quadratic form in n variables with real coefficients and with determinant Δn≠0. Blaney ([1], Theorem 2) proved that for any γ ≥0 there is a number Γ = Γ(γ, n) such that the inequalities

are soluble in integers x1, …, xn for any real α1, …, αn The object of this note is to establish an estimate for Γ as a function of γ. The result obtained, which is naturally only significant if γ is large, is as follows.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , December 1956 , pp. 111 - 116
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Copyright © University College London 1956

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