Asymptotic Transformations of <i>q</i>-Series (Q4213985)

In an earlier paper [\textit{R. McIntosh}, J. Lond. Math. Soc. (2) 51, 120-136 (1995; Zbl 0867.33011)], the author showed that if \(q= e^{-t}\) and \(t\to 0^+\), the \(q\)-series \(\sum^\infty_{n= 0}q^{n(n+ c)}/(q)_n\) has an asymptotic expansion of the form \[ K(c)\exp\{\pi^2/(15t)+ P_n(t)+ O(t^{n+ 1})\}, \] where \(K(c)\) is a constant and \(P_n(t)\) is a polynomial in \(t\) of arbitrary degree \(n\) with coefficients depending on \(c\). When \(c= 0\) or \(1\), the degree \(n\) is bounded (in fact, \(n= 1\)) and the asymptotic expansion is said to be closed. In this paper, the author treats the more general case \[ \sum^\infty_{n= 0} a^nq^{bn^2+ cn}/(q)_n \] and constructs a companion \(q\)-series such that the asymptotic expansions of their logarithms differ only in the dominant few terms. The asymptotic expansion of their quotient then has a simple closed form, which gives rise to a new \(q\)-hypergeometric identity. He gives an asymptotic expansion of a general class of \(q\)-series containing some of Ramanujan's mock theta functions and Selberg's identities.