Fractional powers of a difference operator (Q678441)

Fourier series is used to establish an integral representation of a right inverse of a difference operator which happens to be the \(q\)-analogue of \(\frac{d}{d\theta}\). The kernel of this integral operators is \(\Theta_4'/\Theta_4\) given by \[ \frac{\Theta_4'(z,q)} {\Theta_4(z,q)}= 4\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{q^n}{1-q^{2n}} \sin(2nz) \] which maps conformally the interior of an ellipse onto the open unit disc.