On a conjecture of Iizuka

Abstract

For a given odd positive integer $n$ and an odd prime $p$, we construct an infinite family of quadruples of imaginary quadratic fields $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d})$, $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+1})$, $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+4})$ and $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+4p^2})$ with $d\in \mathbb{Z}$ such that the class number of each of them is divisible by $n$. Subsequently, we show that there is an infinite family of quintuples of imaginary quadratic fields $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d})$, $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+1})$, $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+4})$, $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+36})$ and $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{d+100})$ with $d\in \mathbb{Z}$ whose class numbers are all divisible by $n$. Our results provide a complete proof of Iizuka's conjecture (in fact a generalization of it) for the case $m=1$. Our results also affirmatively answer a weaker version of (a generalization of) Iizuka's conjecture for $m\ge 4$.

10 pages; some minor typos have been fixed as per the suggestions from the referee; to appear in 'Journal of Number Theory'