Small zeros of quadratic forms
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Abstract:
We give upper and lower bounds for zeros of quadratic forms in the rational, real and $p$-adic fields. For example, given $r > 0$, $s > 0$, there are infinitely many forms $\mathfrak {F}$ with integer coefficients in $r + s$ variables of the type $(r,s)$ (i.e., equivalent over ${\mathbf {R}}$ to $X_1^2 + \cdots + X_r^2 - X_{r + 1}^2 - \cdots - X_{r + s}^2$ such that every nontrivial integer zero ${\mathbf {x}}$ has $|{\mathbf {x}}| \gg {F^{r/2s}}$, where $F$ is the maximum modulus of the coefficients of $\mathfrak {F}$.References
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- © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 291 (1985), 87-102
- MSC: Primary 11E12; Secondary 11E08, 11H50
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1985-0797047-9
- MathSciNet review: 797047