Equidistribution of Solutions of Ternary Quadratic Congruences Modulo Prime Powers

Abstract: Let

p

be a fixed odd prime and

Q (x, y, z) = a x^{2} + b x y + c y^{2} + d x z + e y z + f z^{2}

be a fixed quadratic form in

m a t h b b Z [x, y, z]

which is non-degenerate in

m a t h b b F_{p} [x, y, z]

and

(a (4 a c - b^{2}), p) = 1.

Let

(x_{0}, y_{0}, z_{0})

be a fixed point in

m a t h b b Z^{3}

. We study the behavior of solutions

(x, y, z)

of congruences of the form

with

q = p^{n},

where max

| x - x_{0} |, | y - y_{0} |, | z - z_{0} | l e q N

and

(z, p) = 1.

In fact, we consider a smooth version of this problem and establish an asymptotic formula (thus the existence of such solutions) when

n i g h t a r r o w i n f t y

, under the condition

N g e q q^{f r a c 12 + v a r e p s i l o n}

.

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