Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6415635 | Journal of Number Theory | 2012 | 12 Pages |
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(m2â306) for some odd m, with the extra condition (dN)=â1 for N=23â 33â 103â 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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Authors
Kostadinka Lapkova,