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Criteria for extreme forms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

E. S. Barnes
E. S. Barnes
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University of Adelaide
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A positive quadratic form , of determinant and minimum M for integral , is said to be extreme if the ratio is a (local) maximum for small variations in the coefficients .

Minkowski [3] has given a criterion for extreme forms in terms of a fundamental region (polyhedral cone) in the coefficient space. This criterion, however, involves a complete knowledge of the edges of the region and is therefore of only theoretical value.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , August 1959 , pp. 17 - 20
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1959

References

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