Ramanujan's theta functions and sums of triangular numbers

DOI10.1142/S1793042119500520zbMATH Open1459.11098arXiv1601.06378OpenAlexW2963595075WikidataQ114071973 ScholiaQ114071973MaRDI QIDQ5380757FDOQ5380757

Authors: Zhihong Sun 

Publication date: 6 June 2019

Published in: International Journal of Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let $BbbZ$ and $BbbN$ be the set of integers and the set of positive integers, respectively. For $a_1,a_2,ldots,a_k,ninBbbN$ let $N(a_1,a_2,ldots,a_k;n)$ be the number of representations of $n$ by $a_1{x}_1^2+a_2{x}_2^2+cdots+a_k{x}_k^2$, and let $t(a_1,a_2,ldots,a_k;n)$ be the number of representations of $n$ by $a_{1}frac{x}_1(x_1-1)2+a_{2}frac{x}_2(x_2-1)2+cdots+a_{k}frac{x}_k(x_k-1)2$ $(x_1,ldots,x_{k}inBbbZ$). In this paper, by using Ramanujan's theta functions $varphi(q)$ and $psi(q)$ we reveal many relations between $t(a_1,a_2,ldots,a_k;n)$ and $N(a_1,a_2,ldots,a_k;8n+a_1+cdots+a_k)$ for $k=3,4$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.06378

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zbMATH Keywords

theta functionternary formtriangular number

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other functions defined by series and integrals (33E20) Power series (including lacunary series) in one complex variable (30B10) Sums of squares and representations by other particular quadratic forms (11E25) Representation problems (11D85)

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