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On values of isotropic quadratic forms

Number Theory 2023-05-26 v2

Abstract

Let KK be a locally compact non-discrete field of characteristic p>2p>2 and QQ be a non-degenerate isotropic binary quadratic form with coefficients in KK. We obtain asymptotic estimates for the number of solutions in the two-fold product of a discrete subring inside KK, of the inequalities of the form Q(x,y)<δ|Q(x,y)|<\delta for some δ>0\delta>0, where | \cdot | is an ultrametric absolute value on KK. The estimates are obtained in terms of continued fraction expansions of the coefficients of the quadratic form QQ.

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@article{arxiv.2301.00978,
  title  = {On values of isotropic quadratic forms},
  author = {Manoj Choudhuri and Prashant J. Makadiya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.00978},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

The results in the $p$-adic set up are omitted as the $p$-adic version of Lemma $1$ may not be true, which was used in the previous version

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