scholarly journals A universal identity for theta functions of degree eight and applications

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 43 - Special... ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Guo Liu

International audience 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 about elliptic modular functions with different appearances due to Jacobi, Kiepert, Ramanujan and Weierstrass among others, actually share a common source. This paper can also be seen as a summary of my past work on theta function identities. A conjecture is also proposed.

2007 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 43-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANK G. GARVAN ◽  
HAMZA YESILYURT

Let S and T be sets of positive integers and let a be a fixed positive integer. An a-shifted partition identity has the form [Formula: see text] Here p(S,n) is the number partitions of n whose parts are elements of S. For all known nontrivial shifted partition identities, the sets S and T are unions of arithmetic progressions modulo M for some M. In 1987, Andrews found two 1-shifted examples (M = 32, 40) and asked whether there were any more. In 1989, Kalvade responded with a further six. In 2000, the first author found 59 new 1-shifted identities using a computer search and showed how these could be proved using the theory of modular functions. Modular transformation of certain shifted identities leads to shiftless partition identities. Again let a be a fixed positive integer, and S, T be distinct sets of positive integers. A shiftless partition identity has the form [Formula: see text] In this paper, we show, except in one case, how all known 1-shifted and shiftless identities follow from a four-parameter theta-function identity due to Jacobi. New shifted and shiftless partition identities are proved.


2011 ◽  
Vol 07 (07) ◽  
pp. 1945-1957 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIM HUBER

We show that the cubic theta functions satisfy two distinct coupled systems of nonlinear differential equations. The resulting relations are analogous to Ramanujan's differential equations for Eisenstein series on the full modular group. We deduce the cubic analogs presented here from trigonometric series identities arising in Ramanujan's original paper on Eisenstein series. Several consequences of these differential equations are established, including a short proof of a famous cubic theta function identity derived by J. M. Borwein and P. B. Borwein.


2009 ◽  
Vol 05 (08) ◽  
pp. 1477-1488 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHI-GUO LIU ◽  
XIAO-MEI YANG

The Schröter formula is an important theta function identity. In this paper, we will point out that some well-known addition formulas for theta functions are special cases of the Schröter formula. We further show that the Hirschhorn septuple product identity can also be derived from this formula. In addition, this formula allows us to derive four remarkable theta functions identities, two of them are extensions of two well-known Ramanujan's identities related to the modular equations of degree 5. A trigonometric identity is also proved.


2012 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 114-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Ming Zhu

We prove a general alternate circular summation formula of theta functions, which implies a great deal of theta-function identities. In particular, we recover several identities in Ramanujan's Notebook from this identity. We also obtain two formulaes for (q; q)2n?.


2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 42 - Special... ◽  
Author(s):  
S Abinash ◽  
T Kathiravan ◽  
K Srilakshmi

International audience A partition of n is l-regular if none of its parts is divisible by l. Let b l (n) denote the number of l-regular partitions of n. In this paper, using theta function identities due to Ramanujan, we establish some new infinite families of congruences for b l (n) modulo l, where l = 17, 23, and for b 65 (n) modulo 13.


2012 ◽  
Vol 08 (08) ◽  
pp. 1977-2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHI-GUO LIU

Two pairs of inverse relations for elliptic theta functions are established with the method of Fourier series expansion, which allow us to recover many classical results in theta functions. Many nontrivial new theta function identities are discovered. Some curious trigonometric identities are derived.


2007 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHU WENCHANG

Abstract.Motivated by the recent work due to Warnaar (2005), two new and elementary proofs are presented for a very useful q-difference equation on eight shifted factorials of infinite order. As the common source of theta function identities, this q-difference equation is systematically explored to review old and establish new identities on Ramanujan's partition functions. Most of the identities obtained can be interpreted in terms of theorems on classical partitions.


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