15 and 290 theorems
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15 and 290 theorems
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In mathematics, the 15 theorem or Conway–Schneeberger Fifteen Theorem, proved by John H. Conway and W. A. Schneeberger in 1993, states that if a positive definite quadratic form with integer matrix represents all positive integers up to 15, then it represents all positive integers. The proof was complicated, and was never published. Manjul Bhargava found a much simpler proof which was published in 2000. Bhargava used the occasion of his receiving the 2005 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize to announce that
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On when an integer positive definite quadratic form represents all positive integers
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