On the $p$-divisibility of class numbers of an infinite family of imaginary quadratic fields $\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt{d})$ and $\mathbb{Q} (\sqrt{d+1}).$

Pasupulati Sunil Kumar, Srilakshmi Krishnamoorthy

Published 2020-05-25Version 1

For any odd prime $p,$ we construct an infinite family of pairs of imaginary quadratic fields $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d}),\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+1})$ whose class numbers are both divisible by $p.$ One of our theorems settles Iizuka's conjecture for the case $n=1$ and $p >2.$