A few uncaught universal Hermitian forms

Kim, Jae-Heon; Park, Poo-Sung

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-06-08457-7

A few uncaught universal Hermitian forms
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 135 (2007), 47-49 Request permission

Abstract:

We will complete the list of universal binary Hermitian forms over imaginary quadratic fields by investigating three Hermitian forms missed by previous researchers.

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