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Some remarks on representations of positive definite quadratic forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Yoshiyuki Kitaoka
Yoshiyuki Kitaoka*
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Department of Mathematics, School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan
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Let S, T be positive definite integral symmetric matrices of degree m, n respectively and let us consider the quadratic diophantine equation S[X] = T. We know already [1] that the following assertion (A)m>n is true for m ≥ 2n + 3.

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Research Article
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Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 115 , September 1989 , pp. 23 - 41
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Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1989

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