A quantitative Oppenheim theorem for generic diagonal quadratic forms

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Abstract: We establish a quantitative version of Oppenheim's conjecture for generic ternary indefinite quadratic forms using an analytic number theory approach. The statements come with power gains and in some cases are essentially optimal


The author considers diagonal ternary quadratic forms of signature \((2,1)\): \[ Q(x)= x^2_1+\alpha_2 x^2_2- \alpha_3 x^2_3\qquad (\alpha_2,\alpha_3>0). \] For \(\alpha_2>0\) fixed and \(\alpha_3\in [{1\over 2},1]\) the following theorem is proved: For almost all \(\alpha_3\) the following holds: \[ \min_{\substack{ x\in\mathbb{Z}^3\setminus\{0\}\\ |x|<N}} |Q(x)|\ll N^{-1+\varepsilon}\quad\text{for all }\varepsilon>0, \] assuming the Lindelöf hypothesis for the Riemann zeta function and \(\min|Q(x)| \ll N^{-{2\over 5}+\varepsilon}\) unconditionally. Moreover, a quantitative Oppenheim theorem is proved, namely: There are functions \(A(N)\to\infty\) and \(\delta(N)\to 0\) with \(N\to\infty\) depending on \(Q\) such that \[ \max_{|\xi|<A(N)} \min_{\substack{ x\in\mathbb{Z}^n\\ 0<|x|<N}} |Q(x)- \xi|<\delta(N) \] provided \(A(N)\delta(N)^{-2}\ll N^{1-\varepsilon}\) assuming Lindelöf or provided \[ A(N)^3\delta(N)^{-{11\over 2}}\ll N^{1-\varepsilon} \] unconditionally. The method of proof is an analytic number theory approach similar to that in a paper of \textit{V. Blomer}, the author, \textit{M. Radziwi{łł}} and \textit{Z. Rudnick} [``Small gaps in the spectrum of the rectangular billiard, \url{arXiv:1604.02413}].




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