The products of three theta functions and the general cubic theta functions

In this paper we establish two theta function identities with four parameters by the theory of theta functions. Using these identities we introduce common generalizations of Hirschhorn-Garvan-Borwein cubic theta functions, and also re-derive the quintuple product identity, one of Ramanujan＇s identities, Winquist＇s identity and many other interesting identities.     

A theta function identity and its implications

In this paper we prove a general theta function identity with four parameters by employing the complex variable theory of elliptic functions. This identity plays a central role for the cubic theta function identities. We use this identity to re-derive some important identities of Hirschhorn, Garvan and Borwein about cubic theta functions. We also prove some other cubic theta function identities. A new representation for is given. The proofs are self-contained and elementary.

     

Determinant identities for theta functions

Two proofs of a theta function identity of R.W. Gosper and R. Schroeppel are given. A cubic analogue is presented, and several interesting special cases are noted.     

An addition formula for the Jacobian theta function and its applications

In this paper, we prove an addition formula for the Jacobian theta function using the theory of elliptic functions. It turns out to be a fundamental identity in the theory of theta functions and elliptic function, and unifies many important results about theta functions and elliptic functions. From this identity we can derive the Ramanujan cubic theta function identity, Winquist's identity, a theta function identities with five parameters, and many other interesting theta function identities; and all of which are as striking as Winquist's identity. This identity allows us to give a new proof of the addition formula for the Weierstrass sigma function. A new identity about the Ramanujan cubic elliptic function is given. The proofs are self contained and elementary.     

A three-term theta function identity and its applications

In this paper, we establish a three-term theta function identity using the complex variable theory of elliptic functions. This simple identity in form turns out to be quite useful and it is a common origin of many important theta function identities. From which the quintuple product identity and one general theta function identity related to the modular equations of the fifth order and many other interesting theta function identities are derived. We also give a new proof of the addition theorem for the Weierstrass elliptic function ℘. An identity involving the products of four theta functions is given and from which one theta function identity by McCullough and Shen is derived. The quintuple product identity is used to derive some Eisenstein series identities found in Ramanujan's lost notebook and our approach is different from that of Berndt and Yee. The proofs are self contained and elementary.     

Cubic Identities of Theta Functions

Many remarkable cubic theorems involving theta functions can be found in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook. Using addition formulas, the Jacobi triple product identity and the quintuple product identity, we establish several theorems to prove Ramanujan's cubic identities.     

Partial theta function identities from Wang and Ma's conjecture

Recently, Wang and Ma proposed a conjecture, embedding the Andrews–Warnaar partial theta function identity in an infinite family of such identities. In this paper we use q-series methods to give a proof of the Wang–Ma conjecture. We also present a result which may be regarded as the inverse of the Wang–Ma conjecture.     

Several identities for certain products of theta functions

By means of a technique used by Carlitz and Subbarao to prove the quintuple product identity (Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 32(1):42–44, 1972), we recover a general identity (Chu and Yan, Electron. J. Comb. 14:#N7, 2007) for expanding the product of two Jacobi triple products. For applications, we briefly explore identities for certain products of theta functions φ(q), ψ(q) and modular relations for the Göllnitz-Gordon functions.     

A theta function identity of degree eight and Eisenstein series identities

In this paper we prove a theta function identity of degree eight using the theory of elliptic theta functions and the method of asymptotic analysis. This identity allows us to derive some curious Eisenstein series identities. We prove a new addition formula for theta functions which allows us to give an extension of the Hirschhorn septuple product identity.     

Ramanujan’s partial theta series and parity in partitions

A partial theta series identity from Ramanujan’s lost notebook has a connection with some parity problems in partitions studied by Andrews in Ramanujan J., to appear  where 15 open problems are listed. In this paper, the partial theta series identity of Ramanujan is revisited and answers to Questions 9 and 10 of Andrews are provided.     

A simple proof of the modular identity for theta series

We characterize the function spanned by theta series. As an application we derive a simple proof of the modular identity of the theta series.

     

A combinatorial study and comparison of partial theta identities of Andrews and Ramanujan

We provide a simple proof of a partial theta identity of Andrews and study the underlying combinatorics. This yields a weighted partition theorem involving partitions into distinct parts with smallest part odd which turns out to be a companion to a weighted partition theorem involving the same partitions that we recently deduced from a partial theta identity in Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook. We also establish some new partition identities from certain special cases of Andrews’ partial theta identity.     

Tenth order mock theta functions in Ramanujan's lost notebook (IV)

Ramanujan's lost notebook contains many results on mock theta functions. In particular, the lost notebook contains eight identities for tenth order mock theta functions. Previously the author proved the first six of Ramanujan's tenth order mock theta function identities. It is the purpose of this paper to prove the seventh and eighth identities of Ramanujan's tenth order mock theta function identities which are expressed by mock theta functions and a definite integral. L. J. Mordell's transformation formula for the definite integral plays a key role in the proofs of these identities. Also, the properties of modular forms are used for the proofs of theta function identities.

     

Preface

We will interpret a partial theta identity in Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook as a weighted partition theorem involving partitions into distinct parts with smallest part odd. A special case of this yields a new result on the parity of the number of parts in such partitions, comparable to Euler’s pentagonal numbers theorem. We will provide simple and novel proofs of the weighted partition theorem and the special case. Our proof leads to a companion to Ramanujan’s partial theta identity which we will explain combinatorially.     

On the quintuple product identity

In this note we present a new proof of the quintuple product identity which is based on our study of order theta functions with characteristics and the identities they satisfy. In this context the quintuple product identity is another example of an identity which when phrased in terms of theta functions, rather than infinite products and sums, has a simpler form and is much less mysterious.

     

An admissible estimator in the one-parameter exponential family with ambiguous information

Summary LetX be a random variable from the one-parameter exponential family with the probability element β(θ) exp (θx)dm(x) for which an ambiguous prior information is available to the effect that θ is likely to be larger than or equal to a known constant. The information is represented by a fuzzy set with the membership function χ(θ). Then it is shown that is an admissible estimator for E ₀ (X) under the quadratic loss function.     

A note on a Jacobian identity

An identity involving eight-fold infinite products, first derived by Jacobi in his theory of theta functions, is the subject of this note. Three similar identities, including one that implies Jacobi's identity, are presented.

     

The t-coefficient method II: A new series expansion formula of theta function products and its implications

By means of Jacobi?s triple product identity and the t  -coefficient method, we establish a general series expansion formula with five free parameters for the product of arbitrary two Jacobi theta functions. It embodies the triple, quintuple, sextuple and septuple theta function product identities and the generalized Schröter formula. As further applications, we also set up a series expansion formula for the product of three theta functions. It not only generalizes Ewell?s and Chen–Chen–Huang?s octuple product identities, but also contains three cubic theta function identities due to Farkas–Kra and Ramanujan respectively and the Macdonald identity for the root system _A2$A_2$ as special cases. In the meantime, many other new identities including a new short expression of the triple theta series of Andrews are also presented.     

Analysis of a generalized Lebesgue identity in Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook

We analyze a two-parameter q-series identity in Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook that generalizes the product part of the fundamental one-parameter Lebesgue identity. From reformulations of this two-parameter identity, we deduce new partition theorems including variants of the Gauss triangular number identity and Euler’s pentagonal number theorem. We discuss connections with a partial theta identity of Ramanujan and with several classical results such as those of Sylvester and Göllnitz–Gordon.     

Complete m-spotty weight enumerators of binary codes,Jacobi forms,and partial Epstein zeta functions

The MacWilliams identity for the complete m-spotty weight enumerators of byte-organized binary codes is a generalization of that for the Hamming weight enumerators of binary codes. In this paper, Jacobi forms are obtained by substituting theta series into the complete m-spotty weight enumerators of binary Type II codes. The Mellin transforms of those theta series provide functional equations for partial Epstein zeta functions which are summands of classical Epstein zeta functions associated with quadratic forms. Then, it is observed that the coefficient matrices appearing in those functional equations are exactly the same as the transformation matrices in the MacWilliams identity for the complete m-spotty weight enumerators of binary self-dual codes.