A bijective proof of a false theta function identity from Ramanujan's lost notebook

DOI10.1007/S00026-019-00454-7MaRDI QIDQ2299122zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Hannah Burson

Publication date 20 February 2020

Published in Annals of Combinatorics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1806.04791

zbMATH Keywords

false theta functionsoverpartitionspartitions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics (05A19) Elementary theory of partitions (11P81)

Abstract: In his lost notebook, Ramanujan listed 5 identities related to the false theta function ${\displaystyle }$f(q)=sum_{n=0}^infty (-1)^nq^{n(n+1)/2}.${\displaystyle }$ A new combinatorial interpretation and proof of one of these identities is given. The methods of the proof allow for new multivariate generalizations of this identity. Additionally, the same technique can be used to obtained a combinatorial interpretation of another one of the identities.

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