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Small solutions of quadratic and quartic congruences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

R. C. Baker
R. C. Baker
Affiliation:
Royal Holloway College, Egham, Surrey
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The present investigation was suggested by a theorem of A. Schinzel, H. P. Schlickewei and W. M. Schmidt [6]: let Q(x) = Q(x1,…, xs) be a quadratic form with integer coefficients. Then for each natural number m there are integers x1,…, xs satisfying

and having

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , June 1980 , pp. 30 - 45
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Copyright © University College London 1980

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