1.I.8B
Part IB, 2001
Let be a binary quadratic form with integer coefficients. Define what is meant by the discriminant of , and show that is positive-definite if and only if . Define what it means for the form to be reduced. For any integer , we define the class number to be the number of positive-definite reduced binary quadratic forms (with integer coefficients) with discriminant . Show that is always finite (for negative . Find , and exhibit the corresponding reduced forms.