: a homogeneous polynomial (such as x2 + 5xy + y2) of the second degree
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There are three ways to cut a cube in half — making a front-back, left-right or top-bottom division — so the cube generated three quadratic forms.—Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2014 These three forms, Bhargava discovered, add up to zero — not with respect to normal addition, but with respect to Gauss’ method for composing quadratic forms.—Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2014
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