Distribution of integral points on certain two-sheeted hyperboloids

Yu. V. Linnik's investigations [Vestn. Leningr. Univ., No. 2, 3–23; No. 5, 3–32; No. 8, 15–27 (1955)] are refined and generalized to indefinite ternary quadratic forms of a sufficiently general form (to forms contained in the form x₁x₃—x₂²]. The method of investigation is improved. The presentation is substantially simplified.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 93, pp. 87–141, 1980.