Is $h(n) < 2^n$ for all $n$? ($n$th cyclotomic field class number growth)

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Is it ever the case that (for prime $n$) the $n$-th cyclotomic field class number, $h(n)$, is greater than $2^n$? (List of class numbers of $n$-th cyclotomic field for prime $n$). For instance, the $163$rd cyclotomic field class number, and also the largest known class number of any prime cyclotomic field, is $10834138978768308207500526544$ is approximately $2^93$, the ratio between these two numbers is $93/163=0.57055$. Seeking a smaller example with the $53$rd cyclotomic field, the class number is $4889$, which is approximately $2^12$ in comparison with $2^53$, and the ratio between exponents is $12/53=0.22642$. Comparing the two ratios between exponents in these two examples does not indicate that the function $h(n)$ is exponential to $n$.







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    Is it ever the case that (for prime $n$) the $n$-th cyclotomic field class number, $h(n)$, is greater than $2^n$? (List of class numbers of $n$-th cyclotomic field for prime $n$). For instance, the $163$rd cyclotomic field class number, and also the largest known class number of any prime cyclotomic field, is $10834138978768308207500526544$ is approximately $2^93$, the ratio between these two numbers is $93/163=0.57055$. Seeking a smaller example with the $53$rd cyclotomic field, the class number is $4889$, which is approximately $2^12$ in comparison with $2^53$, and the ratio between exponents is $12/53=0.22642$. Comparing the two ratios between exponents in these two examples does not indicate that the function $h(n)$ is exponential to $n$.







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      Is it ever the case that (for prime $n$) the $n$-th cyclotomic field class number, $h(n)$, is greater than $2^n$? (List of class numbers of $n$-th cyclotomic field for prime $n$). For instance, the $163$rd cyclotomic field class number, and also the largest known class number of any prime cyclotomic field, is $10834138978768308207500526544$ is approximately $2^93$, the ratio between these two numbers is $93/163=0.57055$. Seeking a smaller example with the $53$rd cyclotomic field, the class number is $4889$, which is approximately $2^12$ in comparison with $2^53$, and the ratio between exponents is $12/53=0.22642$. Comparing the two ratios between exponents in these two examples does not indicate that the function $h(n)$ is exponential to $n$.







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      Is it ever the case that (for prime $n$) the $n$-th cyclotomic field class number, $h(n)$, is greater than $2^n$? (List of class numbers of $n$-th cyclotomic field for prime $n$). For instance, the $163$rd cyclotomic field class number, and also the largest known class number of any prime cyclotomic field, is $10834138978768308207500526544$ is approximately $2^93$, the ratio between these two numbers is $93/163=0.57055$. Seeking a smaller example with the $53$rd cyclotomic field, the class number is $4889$, which is approximately $2^12$ in comparison with $2^53$, and the ratio between exponents is $12/53=0.22642$. Comparing the two ratios between exponents in these two examples does not indicate that the function $h(n)$ is exponential to $n$.









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