Modular Transformations of Ramanujan's Fifth and Seventh Order Mock Theta Functions

In his last letter to Hardy, Ramanujan defined 17 functions F(q), where |q| < 1. He called them mock theta functions, because as q radially approaches any point e ^2ir (r rational), there is a theta function F _r(q) with F(q) – F _r(q) = O(1). In this paper we obtain the transformations of Ramanujan's fifth and seventh order mock theta functions under the modular group generators + 1 and –1/, where q = e ⁱ. The transformation formulas are more complex than those of ordinary theta functions. A definition of the order of a mock theta function is also given.