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Equidistribution of Solutions of Ternary Quadratic Congruences Modulo Prime Powers

Number Theory 2023-04-26 v1

Abstract

Let pp be a fixed odd prime and Q(x,y,z)=ax2+bxy+cy2+dxz+eyz+fz2Q(x,y,z)=ax^2+bxy+cy^2+dxz+eyz+fz^2 be a fixed quadratic form in Z[x,y,z]\mathbb{Z}[x,y,z] which is non-degenerate in Fp[x,y,z]\mathbb{F}_p[x,y,z] and (a(4acb2),p)=1.(a(4ac-b^2),p)=1. Let (x0,y0,z0)(x_0,y_0,z_0) be a fixed point in Z3\mathbb{Z}^3. We study the behavior of solutions (x,y,z)(x,y,z) of congruences of the form Q(x,y,z)0modqQ(x,y,z)\equiv0\bmod{q} with q=pn,q=p^n, where max{xx0,yy0,zz0}N\{|x-x_0|,|y-y_0|,|z-z_0|\}\leq N and (z,p)=1.(z,p)=1. In fact, we consider a smooth version of this problem and establish an asymptotic formula (thus the existence of such solutions) when nn\rightarrow\infty, under the condition Nq12+εN\geq q^{\frac{1}{2}+\varepsilon}.

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@article{arxiv.2304.12787,
  title  = {Equidistribution of Solutions of Ternary Quadratic Congruences Modulo Prime Powers},
  author = {Anup Haldar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.12787},
  year   = {2023}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2202.06759