1st Edition

Ternary Quadratic Forms and Norms

By O. Taussky Copyright 1982
    152 Pages
    by CRC Press

    152 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This book covers topics including the Redei-Reichardt theorem, automorphs of ternary quadratic forms, facts concerning rational matrices leading to integral ternary forms representing zero, characteristics polynomials of symmetric matrices, and Gauss' theory of ternary quadratic forms.

    1. The Redei-Reichardt Theorem: Another Proof 2. Automorphs of Ternary Quadratic Forms 3. On a Theorem of Gausz concerning the Number of Integral Solutions of the Equation x2 4- y2 + z2= m 4. Two Facts concerning Rational 2 X 2 Matrices Leading to Integral Ternary Forms Representing Zero 5. On the 1st and 2nd Quadratic Form 6. Characteristics Polynomials of Symmetric Matrices 7. Gauss1 Theory of Ternary Quadratic Forms, an Example of the Theory of Homogeneous Forms in Many Variables, with Applications

    Biography

    O. Taussky (Author)