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The representation of integers by positive ternary quadratic polynomials

Number Theory 2015-05-05 v1

Abstract

An integral quadratic polynomial is called regular if it represents every integer that is represented by the polynomial itself over the reals and over the pp-adic integers for every prime pp. It is called complete if it is of the form Q(x+v)Q({\mathbf x} + {\mathbf v}), where QQ is an integral quadratic form in the variables x=(x1,,xn){\mathbf x} = (x_1, \ldots, x_n) and v{\mathbf v} is a vector in Qn{\mathbb Q}^n. Its conductor is defined to be the smallest positive integer cc such that cvZnc{\mathbf v} \in {\mathbb Z}^n. We prove that for a fixed positive integer cc, there are only finitely many equivalence classes of positive primitive ternary regular complete quadratic polynomials with conductor cc. This generalizes the analogous finiteness results for positive definite regular ternary quadratic forms by Watson and for ternary triangular forms by Chan and Oh.

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@article{arxiv.1505.00281,
  title  = {The representation of integers by positive ternary quadratic polynomials},
  author = {Wai Kiu Chan and James Ricci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.00281},
  year   = {2015}
}