Automatic sequences defined by Theta functions and some infinite products

Abstract: Let

p (x) i n C (x)

be a rational function satisfying the condition

p (0) = 1

and

q

an integer larger than

1

, in this article we will consider the power expansion of the infinite product

f(x)=prod_{s=0}^{infty}f(x^{q^{s}})=sum_{i=0}^{infty}c_ix^i,

and study when the sequence

(c_{i})_{i i n m a t h b f N}

is

q

-automatic. The main result is that for given integers

q g e q 2

and

d g e q 0

, there exist finitely many polynomials of degree

d

defined over the field of rational numbers

m a t h b f Q

, such that

p r o d_{s = 0}^{i n f t y} f (x^{q^{s}}) = s u m_{i = 1}^{i n f t y} c_{i} x^{i}

is a

q

-automatic power series.

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