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1, the map is a (right) group action of on the set of binary quadratic forms. The equivalence relation above then arises from the general theory of group actions.

If , then important invariants include

* The discriminant .
* The content, equal to the greatest common divisor of a, b, and c.

Terminology has arisen for classifying classes and their forms in terms of their

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