The minimum and the primitive representation of positive definite quadratic forms II

Abstract

We are concerned with representation of positive definite quadratic forms by a positive definite quadratic form. Let us consider the following assertion Am, n : Let M, N be positive definite quadratic lattices over Z with rank(M) = m and rank(N) = n respectively. We assume that the localization Mp is represented by Np for every prime p, that is there is an isometry from Mp to Np. Then there exists a constant c(N) dependent only on N so that M is represented by N if min(M) > c(N), where min(M) denotes the least positive number represented by M.