Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
6415635 Journal of Number Theory 2012 12 Pages PDF
Abstract

In this work we establish an effective lower bound for the class number of the family of real quadratic fields Q(d), where d=n2+4 is a square-free positive integer with n=m(m2−306) for some odd m, with the extra condition (dN)=−1 for N=23⋅33⋅103⋅10303. This result can be regarded as a corollary of a theorem of Goldfeld and some calculations involving elliptic curves and local heights. The lower bound tending to infinity for a subfamily of the real quadratic fields with discriminant d=n2+4 could be interesting having in mind that even the class number two problem for these discriminants is not yet solved unconditionally.

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Physical Sciences and Engineering Mathematics Algebra and Number Theory
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