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Effective density of values of indefinite ternary inhomogeneous quadratic forms

Number Theory 2024-08-07 v1

Abstract

Given an inhomogeneous quadratic form Qξ(v)=Q(v+ξ)Q_\xi(v)=Q(v+\xi) with QQ an indefinite Q\mathbb{Q}-isotropic rational ternary form and ξR3\xi\in \mathbb{R}^3 irrational, we prove an effective lower bound for the number of integer vectors vZnv\in \mathbb{Z}^n with vT\|v\| \leq T such that Qξ(v)t<δ|Q_\xi(v)-t|<\delta that is valid for any tRt\in \mathbb{R} and all δTν\delta\geq T^{-\nu}, with ν>0\nu>0 depending explicitly on the Diophantine properties of ξ\xi. In particular, for ξ\xi with algebraic entries we can take any ν<18\nu<\frac{1}{8}.

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@article{arxiv.2408.03153,
  title  = {Effective density of values of indefinite ternary inhomogeneous quadratic forms},
  author = {Dubi Kelmer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.03153},
  year   = {2024}
}

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