A deformation of the class number formula of real quadratic fields (Q1898246)

We quote the authors' words: ``For an odd square-free integer \(n\) there exists a polynomial \(L_n (x)\) such that \[ L_n (x)= \sqrt {\Phi_n} (sx^2) \exp \bigl( -s' \sqrt {n} g_n (x) \bigr), \] where \(g_n(x)= \sum_{j=0}^\infty ({n \over {2j+1}}) {{x^{2j+1}} \over {2j+1}}\) and \(s,s'= \pm 1\). Using the fact that the value of \(g_n (1)\) is related to the class number \(h(D)\) of the real quadratic field \(\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt {n})\) with discriminant \(D\), we deduce a deformation of the class number formula''.