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Universal binary Hermitian forms
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by A. G. Earnest and Azar Khosravani PDF
Math. Comp. 66 (1997), 1161-1168 Request permission

Abstract:

We will determine (up to equivalence) all of the integral positive definite Hermitian lattices in imaginary quadratic fields of class number 1 that represent all positive integers.
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Additional Information
  • A. G. Earnest
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901–4408
  • Azar Khosravani
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901–4408
  • Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8631
  • Received by editor(s): May 15, 1996
  • Additional Notes: Research supported in part by a grant from the National Security Agency
  • © Copyright 1997 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Math. Comp. 66 (1997), 1161-1168
  • MSC (1991): Primary 11E39; Secondary 11E20, 11E41
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-97-00860-0
  • MathSciNet review: 1422787