A framework for modular properties of false theta functions

DOI10.1007/S40687-019-0192-2zbMATH Open1456.11074arXiv1904.05377OpenAlexW2969258403WikidataQ127337607 ScholiaQ127337607MaRDI QIDQ2320533FDOQ2320533

Authors: Kathrin Bringmann, Caner Nazaroglu 

Publication date: 23 August 2019

Published in: Research in the Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: False theta functions closely resemble ordinary theta functions, however they do not have the modular transformation properties that theta functions have. In this paper, we find modular completions for false theta functions, which among other things gives an efficient way to compute their obstruction to modularity. This has potential applications for a variety of contexts where false and partial theta series appear. To exemplify the utility of this derivation, we discuss the details of its use on two cases. First, we derive a convergent Rademacher-type exact formula for the number of unimodal sequences via the Circle Method and extend earlier work on their asymptotic properties. Secondly, we show how quantum modular properties of the limits of false theta functions can be rederived directly from the modular completion of false theta functions proposed in this paper.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05377

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zbMATH Keywords

circle methodmodular formscompletionsmock theta functionsfalse theta functions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Forms of half-integer weight; nonholomorphic modular forms (11F37) Dedekind eta function, Dedekind sums (11F20) Fourier coefficients of automorphic forms (11F30) Jacobi forms (11F50) Analytic theory of partitions (11P82) Theta series; Weil representation; theta correspondences (11F27)

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