Densities for some real quadratic fields with infinite Hilbert 2-class field towers (Q2493056)

Let \(K\) be a real quadratic number field, and let \(r_K\) and \(s_K\) denote the rank of the \(2\)-class group and the \(4\)-class rank of \(K\), respectively. Let \(A_{r;x}\) denote the set of quadratic number fields \(K = \mathbb Q(\sqrt{m}\,)\) with \(r_K = r\) and \(0 \leq m \leq x\), and put \(A_{r,s;x} = \{K \in A_{r;x}: s_K = s\}\); moreover, let \(A^*_{r,s;x}\) denote the set of all \(K \in A_{r,s;x}\) that have infinite \(2\)-class field tower. Finally, put \(\alpha^*_{r,s} = \lim \inf_{x \to \infty} \# A^*_{r,s;x}/\# A_{r,s;x}\). In this article it is shown that \(\alpha_{5,3}^* = 1\) and \(\alpha_{4,3}^* \geq \frac{1650}{1710} > 0.9649\).