Conjectured error term for class numbers of orders in quartic fields

Let SS be a finite, non-empty set of prime numbers with an even number of elements, and let β~S\tilde{\beta}_S and β~\tilde{\beta} be as in Theorem 1. For x>0x>0, let β~S(x)\tilde{\beta}_S(x) denote the associated counting function βS(x)\beta_S(x), and define

L(x)=1xettdt.L(x)=\int_1^x\frac{e^t}{t}\,dt.

Class-number asymptotic conjecture. Under the conditions of Theorem 1, as xx\to\infty one has

πS(x)=12L(4x)+O(e3xx).\pi_S(x)=\frac{1}{2}L(4x)+O\left(\frac{e^{3x}}{x}\right).

The paper proves the leading asymptotic πS(x)e4x/(2x)\pi_S(x)\sim e^{4x}/(2x) but explains that its method does not preserve the sharper error term available from the Prime Geodesic Theorem. This conjecture predicts an error of order e3x/xe^{3x}/x for the class-number counting function.

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Anton Deitmar and Mark Pavey, “Class Numbers of Orders in Quartic Fields”, arXiv:math/0605111 (2006).

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