Tight universal quadratic forms
Number Theory
2021-04-07 v1
Abstract
For a positive integer , let be the set of all integers greater than or equal to . An integral quadratic form is called tight -universal if the set of nonzero integers that are represented by is exactly . The smallest possible rank over all tight -universal quadratic forms is defined by . In this article, we find all tight -universal diagonal quadratic forms. We also prove that . Explicit lower and upper bounds for will be provided for some small integer .
Cite
@article{arxiv.2104.02440,
title = {Tight universal quadratic forms},
author = {Mingyu Kim and Byeong-Kweon Oh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.02440},
year = {2021}
}