On Gauss's Class Number Problems

DOI10.2307/2005064zbMath0177.07103OpenAlexW4245494946MaRDI QIDQ5569223

Daniel Shanks

Publication date: 1969

Published in: Mathematics of Computation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2005064

zbMATH Keywords

class number of binary quadratic formsclass numbers for determinantsclass numbers for discriminants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Class numbers of quadratic and Hermitian forms (11E41) General binary quadratic forms (11E16)

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