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The number of imaginary quadratic fields with a given class number

Number Theory 2007-08-14 v2

Abstract

We investigate the number \CalF(h){\Cal F}(h) of imaginary quadratic fields with class number hh. We establish an asymptotic formula for the average value of \CalF(h){\Cal F}(h). We also establish a modest non-trivial upper bound for \CalF(h){\Cal F}(h) and give an application to a question of Rosen and Silverman on the odd part of the class number. Finally, we speculate on the asymptotic nature of \CalF(h){\Cal F}(h).

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@article{arxiv.0707.0237,
  title  = {The number of imaginary quadratic fields with a given class number},
  author = {K. Soundararajan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.0237},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages; Version 2 has some light changes

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