On entire functions from the Laguerre-Polya I class with non-monotonic second quotients of Taylor coefficients

For an entire function $f(z) = \sum_{k=0}^\infty a_k z^k, a_k>0,$ we define its second quotients of Taylor coefficients as $q_k (f):= \frac{a_{k-1}^2}{a_{k-2}a_k}, k \geq 2.$ In the present paper, we study entire functions of order zerowith non-monotonic second quotients of Taylor coefficients. We consider those entire functions for which the even-indexed quotients are all equal and the odd-indexed ones are all equal:$q_{2k} = a>1$ and $q_{2k+1} = b>1$ for all $k \in \mathbb{N}.$We obtain necessary and sufficient conditions under which such functions belong to the Laguerre-P\'olya I class or, in our case, have only real negative zeros. In addition, we illustrate their relation to the partial theta function.

Asymptotic expansions, partial theta functions, and radial limit differences of mock modular and modular forms

In 1920, Ramanujan studied the asymptotic differences between his mock theta functions and modular theta functions, as [Formula: see text] tends towards roots of unity singularities radially from within the unit disk. In 2013, the bounded asymptotic differences predicted by Ramanujan with respect to his mock theta function [Formula: see text] were established by Ono, Rhoades, and the author, as a special case of a more general result, in which they were realized as special values of a quantum modular form. Our results here are threefold: we realize these radial limit differences as special values of a partial theta function, provide full asymptotic expansions for the partial theta function as [Formula: see text] tends towards roots of unity radially, and explicitly evaluate the partial theta function at roots of unity as simple finite sums of roots of unity.

A Partial Theta Function Borwein Conjecture

We present an infinite family of Borwein type $$+ - - $$+-- conjectures. The expressions in the conjecture are related to multiple basic hypergeometric series with Macdonald polynomial argument.