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Representation of Integers by Forms

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The squares (of integers), namely

$$0,\,1,\;4,\;9,\;16,\;25,\; \ldots $$

are very sparse.

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Chahal, J.S. (1988). Representation of Integers by Forms. In: Topics in Number Theory. The University Series in Mathematics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0439-3_3

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