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More general theorems of the same sort are proved in this paper.   This paper investigates the infinite products \\(F_ {m,r,s}=F_ {m,r,s}(q)\\) for \\(1 \\leq r , s<m\\) where  \\[ F_ {m,r,s}(q)=\\prod_ {n=0}^ {\\infty}\\frac{\\left(1-q^ {mn+r}\\right) \\left(1-q^ {mn+m-r}\\right)}{\\left(1-q^ {mn+s}\\right) \\left(1-q^ {mn+m-s}\\right)}. \\]   \\textit{K. G. Ramanathan} [J. Number Theory 29, No. 2, 118--137 (1988; Zbl 0645.10026)] established the following:   Theorem 1.1. Suppose \\(\\gcd(m, r) = 1\\). Let \\(F_ {m,2r,s}:= \\sum_ {n=0}^ {\\infty} c_ n q^ n\\). If \\(\\gcd(m, 6) = 1\\), the signs of the \\(c_ n\\)'s are periodic with period \\(m\\).  Using an idea of \\textit{M. D. Hirschhorn} [Ramanujan J. 2, No. 4, 521--527 (1998; Zbl 0924.11005)] the authors provide a new proof of this theorem without the restriction \\(\\gcd(m, 6) = 1\\).   Using another approach, the authors also prove a generalization of Hirschhorn's theorem [see Ramanujan J. 5, No. 4, 369--375 (2001; Zbl 0993.30003)] as follows:  Theorem 1.2: Suppose \\(m\\) is divisible by 8 and \\(\\gcd(m, r) = 1\\). Let \\(c_ n\\) and \\(d_ n\\) be defined by \\(F_ {m,3r,r}= \\sum_ {n=0}^ {\\infty} c_ n q^ n\\) and \\(F_ {m,3r-m,r} = \\sum_ {n=0}^ {\\infty} d_ n q^ n\\).  Then, for all \\(n\\geq 0\\), we have  \\[ c_ {8n},c_ {8n+r},c_ {8n+2r}>0,\\quad c_ {8n+m-2r},c_ {8n+m-3r}<0, \\]   \\[ d_ {8n},d_ {8n+m-4},d_ {8n+r}>0,\\quad d_ {8n+4r-m},d_ {8n+3r-m}<0, \\]   \\[ c_ {8n+m+4r}<0\\quad \\text{if}\\;m>8r,\\quad c_ {8n+2m-4r}<0\\quad \\text{if}\\;m<8r, \\]   \\[ d_ {8n+5r-m}<0\\quad \\text{if}\\;3m>8r,\\quad d_ {8n+2m-3}<0\\quad \\text{if}\\;3m<8r, \\]   \\[ c_ n=0\\quad \\text{if}\\;n\\equiv 3r \\pmod 4,\\quad d_ n=0\\quad \\text{if}\\;n\\equiv 2r\\pmod 4. \\]   In the next section, they prove that the signs of the coefficients of \\(F_ {6,3,1}\\) are periodic with period~6. This arises as a special case of the following theorem:  Theorem 1.3. Suppose \\(m\\) is even and \\(\\gcd(m,r)=1\\). Let \\(c_ n\\) and \\(d_ n\\) be defined by  \\[ F_ {m,3r,r}=\\sum_ {n=0}^ {\\infty}c_ n q^ n\\quad \\text{and}\\quad F_ {m,3r-m,r}= \\sum_ {n=0}^ {\\infty} d_ n q^ n. \\]  Then, for all \\(n\\geq m^ 3\\), the signs of \\(c_ n\\) and \\(d_ n\\) are periodic with period at most \\(m\\).  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