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has been generalized, and the connections with quadratic number fields, the modular group, and other areas of mathematics have been further elucidated.

Associated symmetric matrix

Any matrix determines a quadratic form in variables by

where and where is a column vector.

Example

Consider the case of quadratic forms in three variables . The matrix has the form

The above formula gives

So, two

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