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The Equivalence of Quadratic Forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

G. L. Watson
G. L. Watson*
Affiliation:
University College, London
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The main object of this paper is to find the number of classes in a genus of indefinite quadratic forms, with integral coefficients, in k ≥ 4 variables, distinguishing for even k two cases, according as improper equivalence is or is not admitted.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 9 , 1957 , pp. 526 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1957

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