On the parity of the class number of a biquadratic field (Q1892570)

The parity of the class number of any biquadratic field is characterized by \textit{P. E. Conner} and \textit{J. Hurrelbrink} [Class number parity, Ser. Pure Math. 8 (World Scientific, Singapore) (1988; Zbl 0743.11061)] up to the cases: 1) \(\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt {p}, \sqrt {q})\), where \(p\) and \(q\) are different primes \(p\equiv q\equiv 1\pmod 4\), the Legendre symbol \((p/q )=1\); 2) \(\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt {p}, \sqrt {2})\), where \(p\) is a prime, \(p\equiv 1\pmod 8\). The problem of characterizing fields with even class number among these fields is equivalent to the problem of characterizing fields \(\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt {pq})\) (case 1) and \(\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt {2p})\) (case 2) with a class number divisible by 4. The author gives solutions for these problems.