Hardy-Ramanujan Journal |
Let f be a binary form of degree l≥3, that is, a product of linear forms with integer coefficients. The principal result of this paper is an asymptotic formula of the shape n2/l(C(f)+O(n−ηl+ε)) for the number of positive integers not exceeding n that are representable by f; here C(f)>0 and ηl>0.