Real quadratic fields with odd class number divisible by 3 (Q6060201): Difference between revisions

In this paper the author proves that there are infinitely many real quadratic fields whose class numbers are odd, but not equal to 1. In particular, the author proves that there are infinitely many primes \(p_1\equiv p_2\equiv 3\) mod 4 such that the class number of \(Q(\sqrt{p_1 p_2})\) is divisible by 3. To prove their main results, the author makes use of results concerning unramified cyclic cubic extensions of quadratic fields, fundamental discriminants of real quadratic fields, and elementary number theory. Furthermore, the author utilizes a modification of a result that states that all but finite values of the polynomial \(2f(m)\) is the sum of two primes, where \(m\) is in the integers \(\mathbb{Z}\) and \(f(x)\) is in \(\mathbb{Z}[x]\) and is a polynomial which has a positive leading coefficient of degree \(\geq 1\).