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Ternary quadratic forms representing a given arithmetic progression

Number Theory 2023-03-03 v2

Abstract

A positive quadratic form is (k,)(k,\ell)-universal if it represents all the numbers kx+kx+\ell where xx is a non-negative integer, and almost (k,)(k,\ell)-universal if it represents all but finitely many of them. We prove that for any k,k,\ell such that kk\nmid\ell there exists an almost (k,)(k,\ell)-universal diagonal ternary form. We also conjecture that there are only finitely many primes pp for which a (p,)(p,\ell)-universal diagonal ternary form exists (for any <p\ell<p) and we show the results of computer experiments that speak in favor of the conjecture.

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@article{arxiv.1906.02538,
  title  = {Ternary quadratic forms representing a given arithmetic progression},
  author = {Tomáš Hejda and Vítězslav Kala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.02538},
  year   = {2023}
}

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