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Explicit solutions to the Oppenheim conjecture for indefinite ternary diagonal forms

Number Theory 2021-10-29 v2

Abstract

We prove the Oppenheim conjecture for indefinite ternary diagonal forms of the type x2+y2αz2x^{2}+y^{2} -\alpha z^{2} where α \alpha is an irrational number. Our method is explicit in the sense that we are able to construct a solution to the problem and we obtain an effective bound on the solution. The method is geometrical and is based on continued fractions.

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@article{arxiv.2101.02076,
  title  = {Explicit solutions to the Oppenheim conjecture for indefinite ternary diagonal forms},
  author = {Youssef Lazar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.02076},
  year   = {2021}
}

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Some typos corrected

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