Lectures on Quadratic Forms
by C.L. Siegel
Publisher: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 1957
ISBN/ASIN: B0006C8J9Q
Number of pages: 170
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From the table of contents: Vector groups and linear inequalities (Vector groups, Lattices, Characters, Diophantine approximations); Reduction of positive quadratic forms; Indefinite quadratic forms; Analytic theory of Indefinite quadratic forms.
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