TITLE: On the set of integer solutions of $x^2+y^2-z^2=-1$.
QUESTION [8 upvotes]: Let 
$$
\mathcal R=\{x=(x_1,x_2,x_3)\in\mathbb Z^3:x_1^2+x_2^2-x_3^2=-1\}.
$$
The group $\Gamma= M_3(\mathbb Z)\cap O(2,1)$ acts on $\mathcal R$ by left multiplication. 
It's known that there is only one $\Gamma$-orbits in $\mathcal R$, i.e. $\Gamma \cdot e_3=\mathcal R$ where $e_3=(0,0,1)$.
Could anybody give me a proof of this fact? 
Thanks.-.
[Comments: 
(i) $O(2,1)$ is the subgroup in $GL_3(\mathbb R)$ which preserves the form $x_1^2+x_2^2-x_3^2$, that is
$$
O(2,1)=\{g\in GL_3(\mathbb R): g^t I_{2,1} g=I_{2,1}\}\qquad\textrm{where}\quad
I_{2,1}=
\begin{pmatrix}1&&\\&1&\\&&-1\end{pmatrix}.
$$
(ii) $g(\mathcal R)\subset \mathcal R$ for any $g\in \Gamma$ because $g$ has integer coefficients and we can write
$$
x_1^2+x_2^2-x_3^2=x^tI_{2,1}x,
$$
then
$$
(gx)^t I_{2,1} (gx)= x^t (g^tI_{2,1}g)x=x^tI_{2,1}x=-1.
$$]

REPLY [2 votes]: Do you know about Frink's paper?
http://www.maa.org/sites/default/files/Orrin_Frink01279.pdf