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Complex moments of class numbers with fundamental unit restrictions

Number Theory 2024-08-05 v1

Abstract

We explore the distribution of class numbers h(d)h(d) of indefinite binary quadratic forms, for discriminants dd such that the corresponding fundamental unit εd\varepsilon_d is lower than d1/2+αd^{1/2+\alpha}, where 0<α<1/20<\alpha<1/2. To do so we find an asymptotic formula for zthz^{th}-moments of such h(d)h(d)'s, over dxd\leq x, uniformly for a complex number zz in a range of the form z(logx)1+o(1)|z|\leq(\log x)^{1+o(1)}, (z)1\Re(z)\geq -1. This is achieved by constructing a probabilistic random model for these values, which we will use to obtain estimates for the distribution function of h(d)h(d) over our family. As another application, we give an asymptotic formula for the number of dd's such that h(d)Hh(d)\leq H and εdd1/2+α\varepsilon_d\leq d^{1/2+\alpha} where HH is a large real number.

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@article{arxiv.2408.01401,
  title  = {Complex moments of class numbers with fundamental unit restrictions},
  author = {Jérémy Dousselin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.01401},
  year   = {2024}
}