Stabilization of the asymptotic expansions of the zeros of a partial theta function

Publication date 14 February 2017

Abstract: The bivariate series

h e t a (q, x) := s u m_{j = 0}^{i n f t y} q^{j (j + 1) / 2} x^{j}

defines a {em partial theta function}. For fixed

q

(

| q | < 1

),

h e t a (q, .)

is an entire function. We prove a property of stabilization of the coefficients of the Laurent series in

q

of the zeros of

h e t a

. These series are of the form

- q^{- j} + (- 1)^{j} q^{j (j - 1) / 2} (1 + s u m_{k = 1}^{i n f t y} g_{j, k} q^{k})

. The coefficients of the stabilized series are expressed by the positive integers

r_{k}

giving the number of partitions into parts of three different kinds. They satisfy the recurrence relation

r_{k} = s u m_{u = 1}^{i n f t y} (- 1)^{u - 1} (2 u + 1) r_{k - u (u + 1) / 2}

. Set

(H_{m, j}) : (s u m_{k = 0}^{i n f t y} r_{k} q^{k}) (1 - q^{j + 1} + q^{2 j + 3} - c d o t s + (- 1)^{m - 1} q^{(m - 1) j + m (m - 1) / 2}) = s u m_{k = 0}^{i n f t y} i l d e r_{k; m, j} q^{k}

. Then for

k l e q (m + 2 j) (m + 1) / 2 - 1 - j

and

j g e q (2 m - 1 + s q r t 8 m^{2} + 1) / 2

one has

g_{j, k} = i l d e r_{k; m, j}

.

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