On values of binary quadratic forms at integer points (Q499856)

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On values of binary quadratic forms at integer points
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    On values of binary quadratic forms at integer points (English)
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    6 October 2015
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    Let \(Q\) be an indefinite binary quadratic form \[ Q(x,y)= (ax+ by)(cx+ dy). \] The authors obtain estimates for the number of integral solutions in large balls of inequalities of the form \(|Q(x,y)|<\varepsilon\) in terms of the minus continued fraction expasion of \(a/b\) and \(c/d\). The method is based on a coding of geodesics on the modular surface via continued fraction expansions of the endpoints of their lifts in the upper half plane.
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    binary quadratic forms
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    continued fraction expansion
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    geodesic flow
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