Congruences on the class numbers of \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{\pm 2p}) for p\equiv3 (\text{mod }4) a prime

Abstract: For a prime

p e q u i v 3

(e x t m o d 4)

, let

h (- 8 p)

and

h (8 p)

be the class numbers of

m a t h b b Q (s q r t - 2 p)

and

m a t h b b Q (s q r t 2 p)

, respectively. Let

P s i (x i)

be the Hirzebruch sum of a quadratic irrational

x i

. We show that

(e x t m o d 16)

. Also, we show that

h (- 8 p) e q u i v 2 h (8 p) P s i (2 s q r t 2 p) / 3

(e x t m o d 8)

if

p e q u i v 3

(e x t m o d 8)

, and

(e x t m o d 8)

if

p e q u i v 7

(e x t m o d 8)

.

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