Probabilities as values of modular forms and continued fractions

DOI10.1155/2009/941920MaRDI QIDQ1035182zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Riad Masri, Ken Ono

Publication date 10 November 2009

Published in International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://eudml.org/doc/45741

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight (11F11) Basic hypergeometric functions in one variable, ({}_rphi_s) (33D15) Combinatorial probability (60C05)

Review text

Summary: We consider certain probability problems which are naturally related to integer partitions. We show that the corresponding probabilities are values of classical modular forms. Thanks to this connection, we then show that certain ratios of probabilities are specializations of the Rogers-Ramanujan and Ramanujan- Selberg- Gordon-Göllnitz continued fractions. One particular evaluation depends on a result from Ramanujan's famous first letter to Hardy.

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