The divisibility of the class number of the imaginary quadratic fields Q(1-2mk)

Abstract

Let h(m,k) be the class number of Q(1-2mk). We prove that for any odd natural number k, there exists m0 such that k h(m,k) for all odd m > m0. We also prove that for any odd m ≥ 3, k h(m,k) (when k and 1-2mk square-free numbers) and p h(m,p) (except finitely many primes p). We deduce that for any pair of twin primes p1,p2=p1+2, p1 h(m,p1) or p2 h(m,p2). For any odd natural number k, we construct an infinite family of pairs of imaginary quadratic fields Q(d), Q(d+1) whose class numbers are divisible by k, which settles a generalized version of Iizuka's conjecture (cf : Conjecture 2.2) for the case n=1.

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