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In this chapter, our purpose is to present a sample of results about the class number of quadratic fields. Due to their nature, several proofs have to be omitted. The reader is encouraged to study the original papers listed in the Bibliography.
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Ribenboim, P. (2001). Miscellaneous Results About the Class Number of Quadratic Fields. In: Classical Theory of Algebraic Numbers. Universitext. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-21690-4_28
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