Explicit evaluation formula for Ramanujan's singular moduli and Ramanujan-Selberg continued fractions (Q2666605)
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Explicit evaluation formula for Ramanujan's singular moduli and Ramanujan-Selberg continued fractions (English)
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23 November 2021
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It is well known that Ramanujan's general theta-function is defined by \[ f(a,b)=\sum_{n=-\infty}^{+ \infty} a^{n(n+1)/2}\, b^{n(n-1)/2}, \qquad |ab|<1. \] Then let \(f(-q)=f(-q,-q^2)=(q;q^2)_{\infty},\) where \((a;q)_{\infty}= \prod_{n=0}^{\infty}(1-aq^n).\) There discusses the establishment of a few novel mixed modular equations using the theory of theta functions. Let \(S_1(q)\) and \(S_2(q)\) be the Ramanujan-Selberg continued fractions which are defined the following \[ S_1(q) = \frac{q^{1/8}}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+}\frac{q}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+} \frac{q+q^2}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+} \frac{q^3}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+} \frac{q^2+q^4}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+}\genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{\dots}=\frac{q^{1/8}(-q^2;q^2)_{\infty}}{(-q;q^2)_{\infty}}, \] \[ S_2(q) = \frac{q^{1/8}}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+}\frac{-q}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+} \frac{-q+q^2}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+} \frac{-q^3}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+} \frac{q^2+q^4}{1} \genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{+}\genfrac{}{}{0pt}{0}{}{\dots}=\frac{q^{1/8}(-q^2;q^2)_{\infty}}{(q;q^2)_{\infty}}, \quad |q|<1. \] The formulas for explicit evaluations of \(\alpha_{9n},\alpha_{n/9}\), \(S_1(q)\) and \(S_2(q)\) by modular equations establish in the paper. The several explicit values of Ramanujan's singular moduli and Ramanujan-Selberg continued fraction calculated.
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modular equations
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singular moduli
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continued fraction
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