We introduce three-variable analogues of the theta series of Borwein and Borwein. We prove various identities involving these theta series including a generalization of the cubic identity of Borwein and Borwein.
Eigenvectors of the discrete Fourier transform can be expressed using Ramanujan theta functions. New theta function identities, Ramanujan theta function identities, and generating functions for the quadratic numbers are a consequence.
We prove a seesaw identity for theta functions with polynomials, and establish a formula for the corresponding theta contractions. We then use it to determine the restrictions of theta lifts to sub-Grassmannians, with some applications.
This is a tutorial for using two new MAPLE packages, thetaids and ramarobinsids. The thetaids package is designed for proving generalized eta-product identities using the valence formula for modular functions. We show how this package can be used to find theta-function identities as well as prove them. As an application, we show how to find and prove Ramanujan's 40 identities for his so called Rogers-Ramanujan functions G(q) and H(q). In his thesis Robins found similar identities for higher level generalized eta-products. Our ramarobinsids package is for finding and proving identities for gene…
Liu established an addition formula for the Jacobian theta function by using the theory of elliptic functions. From this addition formula he obtained the Ramanujan cubic theta function identity, Winquist's identity, a theta function identities with five parameters, and many other interesting theta function identities. In this paper we will give an addition formula for the Jacobian theta function which is equivalent to Liu's addition formula. Based on this formula we deduce some known theta function identities as well as new identities. From these identities we shall establish certain new serie…
We prove some Lambert series which were stated by Gosper without proof or reference. As an application, we shall evaluate integrals involving Ramanujan theta function $ψ(q)$. Furthermore, motivated by Ramanujan's identities for $qψ^4(q^2)$ and $\fr{ψ^3(q)}{ψ(q^3)}$, we shall evaluate the squares of $qψ^4(q^2)$ and $\fr{ψ^3(q)}{ψ(q^3)}$ in terms of Lambert series.
Recently, Andrews, Dixit and Yee defined two partition functions $p_ω(n)$ and $p_ν(n)$ that are related with Ramanujan's mock theta functions $ω(q)$ and $ν(q)$, respectively. In this paper, we present two variable generalizations of their results. As an application, we reprove their results on $p_ω(n)$ and $p_ν(n)$ that are analogous to Euler's pentagonal number theorem.
A cubic (resp. biquadratic) theta series is a power series whose n-th coefficient is equal to 1 if n is a perfect cube (resp. fourth power) and zero otherwise. We improve on a result of Bradshaw by showing that such series is not a cubic (resp. biquadratic) algebraic number when evaluated at reciprocals of integers. The proof relies on a "nested gaps technique" for linear independence and on recent results by the author on Waring's problem for cubes and biquadrates.
In this short note, a companion of [20], we discuss several families of $q$-series identities in connection to false and mock theta functions, characters of modules of vertex algebras, and "sum of tails".
We prove several infinite families of $q$-series identities for false theta functions and related series. These identities are motivated by considerations of characters of modules of vertex operator superalgebras and of quantum dilogarithms. We also obtain closely related modular identities of the Göllnitz-Gordon-Andrews type. As a byproduct of our identities, we establish several identities for the Rogers dilogarithm function coming from multi $q$-hypergeometric series with "double poles".
We give simple proofs of Hecke-Rogers indefinite binary theta series identities for the two Ramanujan fifth order mock theta functions $χ_0(q)$ and $χ_1(q)$ and all three of Ramanujan's seventh order mock theta functions. We find that the coefficients of the three mock theta functions of order 7 are surprisingly related.
The bilateral series corresponding to many of the third-, fifth-, sixth- and eighth order mock theta functions may be derived as special cases of $_2ψ_2$ series \[ \sum_{n=-\infty}^{\infty}\frac{(a,c;q)_n}{(b,d;q)_n}z^n. \] Three transformation formulae for this series due to Bailey are used to derive various transformation and summation formulae for both these mock theta functions and the corresponding bilateral series. \\ New and existing summation formulae for these bilateral series are also used to make explicit in a number of cases the fact that for a mock theta function, say $χ(q)$, and …
For positive integers $m$ we consider the theta functions $f_m(z):=\sum_{mk+1\text{ square }}q^k$. Due to classical identities of Jacobi, it is known that $$f_4\equiv f_6f_{12}\pmod 2.$$ Here we prove that the only triples $(a,b,c)$ for which $f_a\equiv f_bf_c\pmod 2$ are of the form $(2q,4q,4q)$ or $(4q,4q,8q)$, where $q$ is any positive odd number, or belong to the following finite list $$\{(4,6,12),(6,8,24),(8,12,24),(10,12,60),(15,24,40),(16,24,48),(20,24,120),(21,24,168)\}.$$ The result is inspired by the Ballantine-Merca Conjecture on recurrence relations for the parity of the partition …
Capparelli conjectured two modular identities for partitions whose parts satisfy certain gap conditions, where were motivated by the calculation of characters for the standard modules of certain affine Lie algebras and by vertex operator theory. These identities were subsequently proved and refined by Andrews, who related them to Jacobi theta functions, and also by Alladi-Andrews-Gordon, Capparelli, and Tamba-Xie. In this paper we prove two new companions to Capparelli's identities, where the evaluations are expressed in terms of Jacobi theta functions and false theta functions.
We propose three kinds of explicit formulas for the elliptic lambda function by the elliptic modular function. Further, we derive incredible cubic identities as a corollary of our explicit formulas and evaluate some singular values of the elliptic lambda function explicitly.
We provide new proofs to five of Ramanujan's intriguing identities on false theta functions without using the Rogers-Fine identity and Bailey transforms.
The mock theta conjectures are ten identities involving Ramanujan's fifth-order mock theta functions. The conjectures were proven by Hickerson in 1988 using q-series methods. Using methods from the theory of harmonic Maass forms, specifically work of Zwegers and Bringmann-Ono, Folsom reduced the proof of the mock theta conjectures to a finite computation. Both of these approaches involve proving the identities individually, relying on work of Andrews-Garvan. Here we give a unified proof of the mock theta conjectures by realizing them as an equality between two nonholomorphic vector-valued modu…
The Kronecker theta function is a quotient of the Jacobi theta functions, which is also a special case of Ramanujan's $_1ψ_1$ summation. Using the Kronecker theta function as building blocks, we prove a decomposition theorem for theta functions. This decomposition theorem is the common source of a large number of theta function identities. Many striking theta function identities, both classical and new, are derived from this decomposition theorem with ease. A new addition formula for theta functions is established. Several known results in the theory of elliptic theta functions due to Ramanuja…
George Andrews and Ae Ja Yee recently established beautiful results involving bivariate generalizations of the third order mock theta functions $ω(q)$ and $ν(q)$, thereby extending their earlier results with the second author. Generalizing the Andrews-Yee identities for trivariate generalizations of these mock theta functions remained a mystery, as pointed out by Li and Yang in their recent work. We partially solve this problem and generalize these identities. Several new as well as well-known results are derived. For example, one of our two main theorems gives, as a corollary, a special case …
In his lost notebook, Ramanujan listed 5 identities related to the false theta function $$f(q)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^nq^{n(n+1)/2}.$$ A new combinatorial interpretation and proof of one of these identities is given. The methods of the proof allow for new multivariate generalizations of this identity. Additionally, the same technique can be used to obtained a combinatorial interpretation of another one of the identities.
We shall answer a question of Mező on the $q$-analogue of the Raabe's integral formula for $0<q<1$ and we shall evaluate an integral involving the first theta function. Moreover, we will reproduce short proofs for some identities of Mező.
In this paper, we derive quintic versions of the cubic identities of Farkas and Kra. We believe that our results can be easily generalized to $k$ th power versions,$(k=7,9,11,\ldots).$ Moreover, we investigate the algebraic structure of theta constants of level five.
In this paper we offer some new identities associated with mock theta functions and establish new Bailey pairs related to indefinite quadratic forms. We believe our proof is instructive use of changing base of Bailey pairs, and offers new information on some Bailey pairs that have proven important in the study of Mock theta functions.
Previously, we proved an identity for theta functions of degree eight, and several applications of it were also discussed. This identity is a natural extension of the addition formula for the Weierstrass sigma-function. In this paper we will use this identity to reexamine our work in theta function identities in the past two decades. Hundreds of results about elliptic modular functions, both classical and new, are derived from this identity with ease. Essentially, this general theta function identity is a theta identities generating machine. Our investigation shows that many well-known results…
In this paper, we study the diagonal restrictions of certain Hilbert theta series for a totally real field $F$, and prove that they span the corresponding space of elliptic modular forms when the $F$ is quadratic or cubic. Furthermore, we give evidence of this phenomenon when $F$ is quartic, quintic and sextic.