
In Part I [ibid. 69, 45-48 (1993; Zbl 0795.11056)], the author gave a criterion for an arbitrary order to have class group generated by ambiguous ideals and also made a conjecture related to that criterion. Afterwards, however, counterexamples to the conjecture were found [cf. Part III, ibid. 70, 176-181 (1994; Zbl 0809.11064)]. In this paper, he provides its revised version with a simple proof which gives a necessary and sufficient condition for the class group of a complex quadratic field to have exponent at most 2 in terms of the split primes less than the Minkowski bound.
primitive ideals, Class groups and Picard groups of orders, ambiguous classes of a complex quadratic order, Other algebras and orders, and their zeta and \(L\)-functions, 11R29, Class numbers, class groups, discriminants, ambiguous ideals, class group, 11R65, Quadratic extensions, 11R11, Primes represented by polynomials; other multiplicative structures of polynomial values, prime-producing quadratic polynomials, ideal class group, quadratic orders, exponent, reduced ideals, complex quadratic field
primitive ideals, Class groups and Picard groups of orders, ambiguous classes of a complex quadratic order, Other algebras and orders, and their zeta and \(L\)-functions, 11R29, Class numbers, class groups, discriminants, ambiguous ideals, class group, 11R65, Quadratic extensions, 11R11, Primes represented by polynomials; other multiplicative structures of polynomial values, prime-producing quadratic polynomials, ideal class group, quadratic orders, exponent, reduced ideals, complex quadratic field
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