Representation of algebraic integers by ternary quadratic forms

The discrete ergodic method is generalized to totally positive-ternary quadratic forms over totally real algebraic number fields. We obtain estimates for the number of representations of elements in maximal orders of such number fields which are precise in the sense of the order of growth. We prove that the representations are asymptotically uniformly distributed with respect to a given module.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 121, pp. 157–168, 1983.