An asymptotic formula in additive number theory (Q1086280)

The author proves an asymptotic formula for the number N(a,b,k;n) of the solutions \(\{\) x,y,z,u\(\}\) in natural numbers of the diophantine equation \(axy-bzu=k\), bzu\(\leq n\), \(n\to \infty\). Theorem 1 gives an asymptotic formula for N(a,b,k;n) with main term of the form \(nQ_ 2(n)\), \(Q_ 2(n)\) being a polynomial of degree 2 in log n, while theorem 2 gives an asymptotic formula for the average \(\sum_{1\leq a,b\leq n^{\tau},\quad (a,b)=1}N(a,b,1;n)\) with main term of the form \(nQ_ 4(n)\). The proofs reduce to the estimation of the sums of fractional parts of special sequences, which in turn depends on Weil's estimate of Kloosterman sums.