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Title: A positive proportion of locally soluble quartic Thue equations are globally insoluble
Abstract For any fixed nonzero integer h , we show that a positive proportion of integral binary quartic forms F do locally everywhere represent h , but do not globally represent h . We order classes of integral binary quartic forms by the two generators of their ring of $${\rm GL}_{2}({\mathbb Z})$$ -invariants, classically denoted by I and J .  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2001281
PAR ID:
10334637
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
ISSN:
0305-0041
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 16
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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