On the imaginary bicyclic biquadratic fields with class-number 2

Buell, D. A.; Williams, H. C.; Williams, K. S.

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1977-0441914-1

On the imaginary bicyclic biquadratic fields with class-number

Authors: D. A. Buell, H. C. Williams and K. S. Williams
Journal: Math. Comp. 31 (1977), 1034-1042
MSC: Primary 12A30; Secondary 12A50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0025-5718-1977-0441914-1
MathSciNet review: 0441914
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Abstract: Assuming that the list of imaginary quadratic number fields of class-number 4 is complete, a determination is made of all imaginary bicyclic biquadratic number fields of class-number 2.

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