Finding Zeros of Rational Quadratic Forms
In this thesis, we introduce the notion of quadratic forms and provide motivation for their study. We begin by discussing Diophantine equations, the field of p-adic numbers, and the Hasse-Minkowski Theorem that allows us to use p-adic analysis determine whether a quadratic form has a rational root....
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Scholarship @ Claremont
2014
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| Online Access: | http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/849 http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1862&context=cmc_theses |