English

Averages and moments associated to class numbers of imaginary quadratic fields

Number Theory 2017-07-04 v2

Abstract

For any odd prime \ell, let h(d)h_\ell(-d) denote the \ell-part of the class number of the imaginary quadratic field Q(d)\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{-d}). Nontrivial pointwise upper bounds are known only for =3\ell =3; nontrivial upper bounds for averages of h(d)h_\ell(-d) have previously been known only for =3,5\ell =3,5. In this paper we prove nontrivial upper bounds for the average of h(d)h_\ell(-d) for all primes 7\ell \geq 7, as well as nontrivial upper bounds for certain higher moments for all primes 3\ell \geq 3.

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@article{arxiv.1409.3177,
  title  = {Averages and moments associated to class numbers of imaginary quadratic fields},
  author = {D. R. Heath-Brown and L. B. Pierce},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3177},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

26 pages; minor edits to exposition and notation, to agree with published version