Markov spectrum
In mathematics, the Markov spectrum, devised by Andrey Markov, is a complicated set of real numbers arising in Markov Diophantine equations and also in the theory of Diophantine approximation. == Quadratic form characterization == Consider a quadratic form given by f(x,y) = ax2 + bxy + cy2 and suppose that its discriminant is fixed, say equal to −1/4.