Some Identities Involving Rogers-Ramanujan-Type Functions (Q4143383)

This paper is devoted to the study of numerous modular equations that were stated without proof by Ramanujan. \textit{B. J. Birch} [Math. Proc. Camb. Philos. Soc. 78, 73--79 (1975; ZbI 0305.10002)] had previously described Ramanujan's list. Typical of the many interesting identities proved in the current paper is \[ \prod_{\substack{n=1 \\ n \not\equiv 0, \pm 2\pmod 5}}^{\infty} \frac{1}{(1 - q^{4n})(1 - q^n)} + q \prod_{\substack{n=1 \\ n \not\equiv 0, \pm 1\pmod 5}}^{\infty} \frac{1}{(1-q^{4n})(1-q^n} = \] \[ = \prod_{n=1}^{\infty} (1+q^n)^2 (1-q^{4n-2})^2. \] The main idea is to extend the work of \textit{L. J. Rogers} [Proc. Lond. Math. Soc. (2) 19, 387--397 (1921; JFM 48.0151.02)]. The author treats the double theta series \[ \sum_{r=-\infty}^{\infty} \sum_{s=-\infty}^{\infty}(-1)^{s} x^{Q(r, s)} \] where \( Q(r, s) \) is an explicitly given quadratic polynomial in \(r\) and \(s\); the main result identifies this series as a linear combination of \(k\) explicitly given infinite products.