Partial theta functions and mock modular forms as q-hypergeometric series

DOI10.1007/S11139-012-9370-1zbMATH Open1283.11077arXiv1109.6560OpenAlexW2072524001MaRDI QIDQ1927670FDOQ1927670

Robert C. Rhoades, Kathrin Bringmann, Amanda Folsom

Publication date: 2 January 2013

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Ramanujan studied the analytic properties of many $q$-hypergeometric series. Of those, mock theta functions have been particularly intriguing, and by work of Zwegers, we now know how these curious $q$-series fit into the theory of automorphic forms. The analytic theory of partial theta functions however, which have $q$-expansions resembling modular theta functions, is not well understood. Here we consider families of $q$-hypergeometric series which converge in two disjoint domains. In one domain, we show that these series are often equal to one another, and define mock theta functions, including the classical mock theta functions of Ramanujan, as well as certain combinatorial generating functions, as special cases. In the other domain, we prove that these series are typically not equal to one another, but instead are related by partial theta functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.6560

zbMATH Keywords

partial theta functionmock theta functionmodular form\(q\)-hypergeometric seriesRamanujan

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Forms of half-integer weight; nonholomorphic modular forms (11F37) Basic hypergeometric functions in one variable, ({}_rphi_s) (33D15) Theta series; Weil representation; theta correspondences (11F27)

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