Gauss Sums & Representation by Ternary Quadratic Forms
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This paper specifies some conditions as to when an integer m is locally represented by a positive definite diagonal integer-matrix ternary quadratic form Q at a prime p. We use quadratic Gauss sums and a version of Hensel’s Lemma to count how many solutions there are to the equivalence Q(~x) ≡ m (mod p) for any k ≥ 0. Given that m is coprime to the determinant of the Hessian matrix of Q, we can determine if m is locally represented everywhere by Q in finitely many steps.
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