A separation in modulus property of the zeros of a partial theta function

Abstract: We consider the partial theta function

h e t a (q, z) := s u m_{j = 0}^{i n f t y} q^{j (j + 1) / 2} z^{j}

, where

z i n m a t h b b C

is a variable and

q i n m a t h b b C

,

0 < | q | < 1

, is a parameter. Set

a l p h a_{0} := s q r t 3 / 2 p i = 0.2756644477 l d o t s

. We show that, for

n g e q 5

, for

| q | l e q 1 - 1 / (a l p h a_{0} n)

and for

k g e q n

there exists a unique zero

x i_{k}

of

h e t a (q, .)

satisfying the inequalities

| q |^{- k + 1 / 2} < | x i_{k} | < | q |^{- k - 1 / 2}

; all these zeros are simple ones. The moduli of the remaining

n - 1

zeros are

l e q | q |^{- n + 1 / 2}

. A {em spectral value} of

q

is a value for which

h e t a (q, .)

has a multiple zero. We prove the existence of the spectral values

0.4353184958 l d o t s p m i, 0.1230440086 l d o t s

for which

h e t a

has double zeros

- 5.963 l d o t s p m i, 6.104 l d o t s

.

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