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1. CJM 2012 (vol 64 pp. 1395)

Rodney, Scott
 Existence of Weak Solutions of Linear Subelliptic Dirichlet Problems With Rough Coefficients This article gives an existence theory for weak solutions of second order non-elliptic linear Dirichlet problems of the form \begin{align*} \nabla'P(x)\nabla u +{\bf HR}u+{\bf S'G}u +Fu &= f+{\bf T'g} \text{ in }\Theta \\ u&=\varphi\text{ on }\partial \Theta. \end{align*} The principal part $\xi'P(x)\xi$ of the above equation is assumed to be comparable to a quadratic form ${\mathcal Q}(x,\xi) = \xi'Q(x)\xi$ that may vanish for non-zero $\xi\in\mathbb{R}^n$. This is achieved using techniques of functional analysis applied to the degenerate Sobolev spaces $QH^1(\Theta)=W^{1,2}(\Theta,Q)$ and $QH^1_0(\Theta)=W^{1,2}_0(\Theta,Q)$ as defined in previous works. Sawyer and Wheeden give a regularity theory for a subset of the class of equations dealt with here. Keywords:degenerate quadratic forms, linear equations, rough coefficients, subelliptic, weak solutionsCategories:35A01, 35A02, 35D30, 35J70, 35H20

2. CJM 2001 (vol 53 pp. 434)

van der Poorten, Alfred J.; Williams, Kenneth S.
 Values of the Dedekind Eta Function at Quadratic Irrationalities: Corrigendum Habib Muzaffar of Carleton University has pointed out to the authors that in their paper [A] only the result $\pi_{K,d}(x)+\pi_{K^{-1},d}(x)=\frac{1}{h(d)}\frac{x}{\log x}+O_{K,d}\Bigl(\frac {x}{\log^2x}\Bigr)$ follows from the prime ideal theorem with remainder for ideal classes, and not the stronger result $\pi_{K,d}(x)=\frac{1}{2h(d)}\frac{x}{\log x}+O_{K,d}\Bigl(\frac {x}{\log^2x}\Bigr)$ stated in Lemma~5.2. This necessitates changes in Sections~5 and 6 of [A]. The main results of the paper are not affected by these changes. It should also be noted that, starting on page 177 of [A], each and every occurrence of $o(s-1)$ should be replaced by $o(1)$. Sections~5 and 6 of [A] have been rewritten to incorporate the above mentioned correction and are given below. They should replace the original Sections~5 and 6 of [A]. Keywords:Dedekind eta function, quadratic irrationalities, binary quadratic forms, form class groupCategories:11F20, 11E45

3. CJM 2000 (vol 52 pp. 613)

Ou, Zhiming M.; Williams, Kenneth S.
 Small Solutions of $\phi_1 x_1^2 + \cdots + \phi_n x_n^2 = 0$ Let $\phi_1,\dots,\phi_n$ $(n\geq 2)$ be nonzero integers such that the equation $$\sum_{i=1}^n \phi_i x_i^2 = 0$$ is solvable in integers $x_1,\dots,x_n$ not all zero. It is shown that there exists a solution satisfying $$0 < \sum_{i=1}^n |\phi_i| x_i^2 \leq 2 |\phi_1 \cdots \phi_n|,$$ and that the constant 2 is best possible. Keywords:small solutions, diagonal quadratic formsCategory:11E25

4. CJM 1999 (vol 51 pp. 176)

van der Poorten, Alfred; Williams, Kenneth S.
 Values of the Dedekind Eta Function at Quadratic Irrationalities Let $d$ be the discriminant of an imaginary quadratic field. Let $a$, $b$, $c$ be integers such that $$b^2 - 4ac = d, \quad a > 0, \quad \gcd (a,b,c) = 1.$$ The value of $\bigl|\eta \bigl( (b + \sqrt{d})/2a \bigr) \bigr|$ is determined explicitly, where $\eta(z)$ is Dedekind's eta function $$\eta (z) = e^{\pi iz/12} \prod^\ty_{m=1} (1 - e^{2\pi imz}) \qquad \bigl( \im(z) > 0 \bigr). %\eqno({\rm im}(z)>0).$$ Keywords:Dedekind eta function, quadratic irrationalities, binary quadratic forms, form class groupCategories:11F20, 11E45