
The first coherent exposition of the theory of binary quadratic forms was given by Gauss in the Disqnisitiones Arithmeticae. During the nine- teenth century, as the theory of ideals and the rudiments of algebraic number theory were developed, it became clear that this theory...

The first coherent exposition of the theory of binary quadratic forms was given by Gauss in the Disqnisitiones Arithmeticae. During the nine- teenth century, as the theory of ideals and the rudiments of algebraic number theory were developed, it became clear that this theory...
