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Universal quadratic forms and elements of small norm in real quadratic fields

Number Theory 2019-02-20 v2

Abstract

For any positive integer M we show that there are infinitely many real quadratic fields that do not admit M-ary universal quadratic forms (without any restriction on the parity of their cross coefficients).

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@article{arxiv.1507.04237,
  title  = {Universal quadratic forms and elements of small norm in real quadratic fields},
  author = {Vítězslav Kala},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.04237},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

7 pages, slightly revised and expanded version

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