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On the product of two linear forms, one homogeneous and one inhomogeneous

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

P. E. Blanksby
P. E. Blanksby
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Mathematics DepartmentUniversity of Adelaide
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This paper is devoted to a complete investigation into a problem initiated by Davenport [4], and further studied by Kanagasabapathy [6], [7], from whom I borrow the title. The question is a hybrid of the two classical results of Hurwitz and Minkowski on indefinite binary quadratic forms.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , August 1968 , pp. 457 - 511
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1968

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