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My question refers to article 301 of section 5 of Gauss's D. A. - there Gauss gives an asymptotic formula for the mean number of classes of forms with positive discriminant ($D>0$):

$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}\log (D) + \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum\frac{\log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2 \log 2}{3\pi^2}$$$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}\log (D) + \delta$$

where $\delta$ is the following constant:

$$\delta = \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum_{n=2}^{\infty}\frac{\log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2 \log 2}{3\pi^2}$$

and $C$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. This formula is noteworthy because Gauss also tries to evaluateevaluates the error term $\delta$ in this class formula. I tried to search on the web for references to this analytic result of Gauss but all I found is articles about his asymptotic class number formula for forms with negative discriminant ($D<0$), which Gauss gives in the next article of D. A. (article 302).

My question is mainly about getting a reference for this result of Gauss. If such a reference doesn't exist, I'll be glad to hear an expert opinion on the historic significance of this formula (Gauss did publish this formula; thereby it's plausible that it did have influence).

My question refers to article 301 of section 5 of Gauss's D. A. - there Gauss gives an asymptotic formula for the mean number of classes of forms with positive discriminant ($D>0$):

$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}\log (D) + \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum\frac{\log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2 \log 2}{3\pi^2}$$

where $C$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. This formula is noteworthy because Gauss also tries to evaluate the error term in this class formula. I tried to search on the web for references to this analytic result of Gauss but all I found is articles about his asymptotic class number formula for forms with negative discriminant ($D<0$), which Gauss gives in the next article of D. A. (article 302).

My question is mainly about getting a reference for this result of Gauss. If such a reference doesn't exist, I'll be glad to hear an expert opinion on the historic significance of this formula (Gauss did publish this formula; thereby it's plausible that it did have influence).

My question refers to article 301 of section 5 of Gauss's D. A. - there Gauss gives an asymptotic formula for the mean number of classes of forms with positive discriminant ($D>0$):

$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}\log (D) + \delta$$

where $\delta$ is the following constant:

$$\delta = \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum_{n=2}^{\infty}\frac{\log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2 \log 2}{3\pi^2}$$

and $C$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. This formula is noteworthy because Gauss also evaluates the error term $\delta$ in this class formula. I tried to search on the web for references to this analytic result of Gauss but all I found is articles about his asymptotic class number formula for forms with negative discriminant ($D<0$), which Gauss gives in the next article of D. A. (article 302).

My question is mainly about getting a reference for this result of Gauss. If such a reference doesn't exist, I'll be glad to hear an expert opinion on the historic significance of this formula (Gauss did publish this formula; thereby it's plausible that it did have influence).

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My question refers to article 301 of section 5 of Gauss's D.A A. - there Gauss gives an asymptotic formula for the mean number of classes of forms with positive discriminant ($D>0$):

$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}log (D) + \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum\frac{log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2log 2}{3\pi^2}$$$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}\log (D) + \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum\frac{\log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2 \log 2}{3\pi^2}$$

where $C$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. This formula is noteworthy because Gauss also tries to evaluate the error term in this class formula. I tried to search on the web for references to this analytic result of Gauss but all iI found is articles about his asymptotic class number formula for forms with negative discriminant ($D<0$), which Gauss gives in the next article of D.A A. (article 302).

My question is mainly about getting a reference for this result of Gauss. If such a reference doesn't exist, i'llI'll be glad to hear an expert opinion on the historic significance of this formula (Gauss did publish this formula; thereby it's plausible that it did have influence).

My question refers to article 301 of section 5 of Gauss's D.A - there Gauss gives an asymptotic formula for the mean number of classes of forms with positive discriminant ($D>0$):

$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}log (D) + \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum\frac{log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2log 2}{3\pi^2}$$

where $C$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. This formula is noteworthy because Gauss also tries to evaluate the error term in this class formula. I tried to search on the web for references to this analytic result of Gauss but all i found is articles about his asymptotic class number formula for forms with negative discriminant ($D<0$), which Gauss gives in the next article of D.A (article 302).

My question is mainly about getting a reference for this result of Gauss. If such a reference doesn't exist, i'll be glad to hear an expert opinion on the historic significance of this formula (Gauss did publish this formula; thereby it's plausible that it did have influence).

My question refers to article 301 of section 5 of Gauss's D. A. - there Gauss gives an asymptotic formula for the mean number of classes of forms with positive discriminant ($D>0$):

$$h(D) = \frac{4}{\pi^2}\log (D) + \frac{8}{\pi^2}C+\frac{48}{\pi^4}\sum\frac{\log (n)}{n^2} - \frac{2 \log 2}{3\pi^2}$$

where $C$ is the Euler-Mascheroni constant. This formula is noteworthy because Gauss also tries to evaluate the error term in this class formula. I tried to search on the web for references to this analytic result of Gauss but all I found is articles about his asymptotic class number formula for forms with negative discriminant ($D<0$), which Gauss gives in the next article of D. A. (article 302).

My question is mainly about getting a reference for this result of Gauss. If such a reference doesn't exist, I'll be glad to hear an expert opinion on the historic significance of this formula (Gauss did publish this formula; thereby it's plausible that it did have influence).

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