Frobenius distributions for real quadratic orders
Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 7 (1995) no. 1, pp. 121-132

We present a density result for the norm of the fundamental unit in a real quadratic order that follows from an equidistribution assumption for the infinite Frobenius elements in the class groups of these orders.

Classification : Primary 11R11, 11R45, 11R65, Secondary 11D09
Keywords: real quadratic fields, quadratic units, Pell equation 
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Peter Stevenhagen. Frobenius distributions for real quadratic orders. Journal de théorie des nombres de Bordeaux, Tome 7 (1995) no. 1, pp. 121-132. https://jtnb.centre-mersenne.org/item/JTNB_1995__7_1_121_0/

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