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Indefinite quadratic forms in many variables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

H. Davenport
H. Davenport
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University College, London
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It has long been conjectured that any indefinite quadratic form, with real coefficients, in 5 or more variables assumes values arbitrarily near to 0 for suitable integral values of the variables, not all 0. The basis for this conjecture is the fact, proved by Meyer in 1883, that any such form with rational coefficients actually represents 0.

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Research Article
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Mathematika , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , December 1956 , pp. 81 - 101
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Copyright © University College London 1956

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page 85 note * We use Vinogradov's symbolism F « G to mean that | F | < cG for a suitable constant c.

page 87 note * Here ‖ θ ‖ denotes the difference between a real number θ and the nearest integer, taken positively.