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Universal binary Hermitian forms

Author(s): A. G. Earnest; Azar Khosravani.
Journal: Math. Comp. 66 (1997), 1161-1168.
MSC (1991): Primary 11E39; Secondary 11E20, 11E41
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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

DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-97-00860-0
PII: S 0025-5718(97)00860-0
Received by editor(s): May 15, 1996
Additional Notes: Research supported in part by a grant from the National Security Agency
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society

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