On the zero set of the partial theta function

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Authors Vladimir P. Kostov

Publication date 6 October 2021

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.01564

zbMATH Keywords

Jacobi theta functionJacobi triple productpartial theta function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theta series; Weil representation; theta correspondences (11F27) Zeros of polynomials, rational functions, and other analytic functions of one complex variable (e.g., zeros of functions with bounded Dirichlet integral) (30C15) Elliptic functions and integrals (33E05)

Abstract: We consider the partial theta function $heta(q,x):=su{m}_{j=0}^{infty}{q}^{j(j+1)/2}{x}^j$, where $qin(-1,0)cup(0,1)$ and either $xinmathbbR$ or $xinmathbbC$. We prove that for $xinmathbbR$, in each of the two cases $qin(-1,0)$ and $qin(0,1)$, its zero set consists of countably-many smooth curves in the $(q,x)$-plane each of which (with the exception of one curve for $qin(-1,0)$) has a single point with a tangent line parallel to the $x$-axis. These points define double zeros of the function $heta(q,.)$; their $x$-coordinates belong to the interval $[-38.83ldots,-e^{1.4}=4.05ldots)$ for $qin(0,1)$ and to the interval $(-13.29,23.65)$ for $qin(-1,0)$. For $qin(0,1)$, infinitely-many of the complex conjugate pairs of zeros to which the double zeros give rise cross the imaginary axis and then remain in the half-disk $$, Re,$$. For $qin(-1,0)$, complex conjugate pairs do not cross the imaginary axis.

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