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On small solutions of the general nonsingular quadratic Diophantine equation in five or more unknowns

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Daniel M. Kornhauser
Daniel M. Kornhauser
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Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A.
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Matijaseviê [7] showed in 1970 that the problem of deciding whether an arbitrary Diophantine equation has an integer solution is algorithmically unsolvable. However, in 1972, Siegel [10] provided an algorithm for all equations of degree two.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 107 , Issue 2 , March 1990 , pp. 197 - 211
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1990

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