Topology of Numbers · Problem 5.2.6

Classification of Quadratic Forms — Allen Hatcher

Mathematics — Number Theory · smallest-discriminant-multiple-classes

Problem

(a) Find the smallest positive nonsquare discriminant for which there is more than one equivalence class of forms of that discriminant. (In particular, show that all smaller discriminants have only one equivalence class.) (b) Find the smallest positive nonsquare discriminant for which there are two inequivalent forms of that discriminant, neither of which is simply the negative of the other.

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