I'm dealing with the expression $x^2+y^2+6z^2+8xy+4x+4y−6xz−6yz$. I want to show that this expression is always non-zero whenever $x,y$ and $z$ are positive integers. How does one do this? (Note that it's not always positive, e.g. $x=1,y=20,z=9$.)
Non-vanishing of this ternary quadratic expression
Benjamin L. Warren
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