4 prime is good

In answer to http://mathoverflow.net/questions/41187/a-coverage-question Cam mentions an article by SOUND. I have been running a computer program for THIS and would like to know if there are a reasonable average and standard deviation for the class number, related to Dirichlet's formula for $d > 4$ $$h(-d) = \sqrt d \; L(1, \chi_{-d}) \; / \; \pi.$$ Sound writes

Typically $L(1, \chi_{-d})$ has constant size; rarely does it fall outside the range $(1/10,10).$

This suggests a possible calculation of standard deviation, as I am seeing articles about "second moments" of the zeta function and $L$-functions, although nothing I can interpret.

Note: The original Erdos-Kac may be of an entirely different nature; it says that, in the long run, the number of prime divisors of a number $n$ is normally distributed with mean $\log \log n$ and standard deviation $\sqrt{ \log \log n},$ this being the colloquial description of a precise statement.

So, that is the question, average and variance for the class number of imaginary quadratic fields.

P. S. The computer program I am running is restricted to the above with $d \equiv 3 \pmod 4,$ but does not rule out square factors of $d$ ahead of time. In the first occurrence of such $d$ with a target class number, $d$ is almost always squarefree. Indeed, with class numbers up to 4000, the only exception is class number 104, which first occurs at $d= 9359 = 7^2 \cdot 191.$ If that issue matters, I would be delighted to hear about it...

EDIT: Based on Noam's comment, maybe it is $\log h(-d)$ that has a nice mean and variance.

EDIT ANOTHER: the most interesting case is $d \equiv 3 \pmod 4$ where $d$ is prime. Noam had pointed out in one of the threads that primality is required to achieve an odd class number.

3 log

In answer to http://mathoverflow.net/questions/41187/a-coverage-question Cam mentions an article by SOUND. I have been running a computer program for THIS and would like to know if there are a reasonable average and standard deviation for the class number, related to Dirichlet's formula for $d > 4$ $$h(-d) = \sqrt d \; L(1, \chi_{-d}) \; / \; \pi.$$ Sound writes

Typically $L(1, \chi_{-d})$ has constant size; rarely does it fall outside the range $(1/10,10).$

This suggests a possible calculation of standard deviation, as I am seeing articles about "second moments" of the zeta function and $L$-functions, although nothing I can interpret.

Note: The original Erdos-Kac may be of an entirely different nature; it says that, in the long run, the number of prime divisors of a number $n$ is normally distributed with mean $\log \log n$ and standard deviation $\sqrt{ \log \log n},$ this being the colloquial description of a precise statement.

So, that is the question, average and variance for the class number of imaginary quadratic fields.

P. S. The computer program I am running is restricted to the above with $d \equiv 3 \pmod 4,$ but does not rule out square factors of $d$ ahead of time. In the first occurrence of such $d$ with a target class number, $d$ is almost always squarefree. Indeed, with class numbers up to 4000, the only exception is class number 104, which first occurs at $d= 9359 = 7^2 \cdot 191.$ If that issue matters, I would be delighted to hear about it...

EDIT: Based on Noam's comment, maybe it is $\log h(-d)$ that has a nice mean and variance.

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In answer to http://mathoverflow.net/questions/41187/a-coverage-question Cam mentions an article by SOUND. I have been running a computer program for THIS and would like to know if there are a reasonable average and standard deviation for the class number, related to Dirichlet's formula for $d > 4$ $$h(-d) = \sqrt d \; L(1, \chi_{-d}) \; / \; \pi.$$ Sound writes

Typically $L(1, \chi_{-d})$ has constant size; rarely does it fall outside the range $(1/10,10).$

This suggests a possible calculation of standard deviation, as I am seeing articles about "second moments" of the zeta function and $L$-functions, although nothing I can interpret.

Note: The original Erdos-Kac may be of an entirely different nature; it says that, in the long run, the number of prime divisors of a number $n$ is normally distributed with mean $\log \log n$ and standard deviation $\sqrt{ \log \log n},$ this being the colloquial description of a precise statement.

So, that is the question, average and variance for the class number of imaginary quadratic fields.

P. S. The computer program I am running is restricted to the above with $d \equiv 3 \pmod 4,$ but does not check for rule out square factors of $d.$ d$ahead of time. In the first occurrence of such$d$with a target class number,$d$is almost always squarefree. Indeed, with class numbers up to 4000, the only exception is class number 104, which first occurs at$ d= 9359 = 7^2 \cdot 191.\$ If that issue matters, I would be delighted to hear about it...

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