Kaplansky's ternary quadratic form

This paper proves that if N is a nonnegative eligible integer, coprime to 7, which is not of the form x2+y2+7z2, then N is square-free. The proof is modelled on that of a similar theorem by Ono and Soundararajan, in which relations between the number of representations of an integer np2 by two quadr...

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Main Author: James Kelley
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2001-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171201005294
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description This paper proves that if N is a nonnegative eligible integer, coprime to 7, which is not of the form x2+y2+7z2, then N is square-free. The proof is modelled on that of a similar theorem by Ono and Soundararajan, in which relations between the number of representations of an integer np2 by two quadratic forms in the same genus, the pth coefficient of an L-function of a suitable elliptic curve, and the class number formula prove the theorem for large primes, leaving 3 cases which are easily numerically verified.
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Kaplansky's ternary quadratic form
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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