On a formula of the q-series _2k+4_2k+3 and its applications

DOI10.1007/S11139-025-01044-3MaRDI QIDQ7008175zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors George E. Andrews, Mohamed El Bachraoui

Publication date 24 March 2025

Published in The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/S11139-025-01044-3

zbMATH Keywords

basic hypergeometric seriesvery-well poised

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of partitions of integers (05A17) (q)-calculus and related topics (05A30) Binomial coefficients; factorials; (q)-identities (11B65) Elementary theory of partitions (11P81) Basic hypergeometric functions in one variable, ({}_rphi_s) (33D15)

Review text

The purpose of this article is to express a \(k\)-tuple sum of \(q\)-series as a linear combination of terms wherein each term is a product of expressions of the form \[\frac{1}{(qy,qy^{-1};q)_{\infty}}\] by using a formula for a very-well posed \(q\)-hypergeometric series. The proofs use the concepts of overpartition and overpartition pairs and then turn from single to double sums. Each theorem from 2 to 8 consists of four formulas, which are proved in consecutive order. However, each step is not explained in detail. The same applies to the proof of Theorem 1. In this proof, a complicated formula found in [\textit{G. E. Andrews}, in: Theory Appl. Spec. Funct., Proc. Adv. Semin., Madison191--224 (1975; Zbl 0342.33001), Theorem 4] is used. Without a proper logarithmic notation for \N\(q\)-hypergeometric series, it is very difficult for the reader to follow this long formula, especially since it remains an open question whether the \N\(q\)-exponential in this formula can be expressed in a more readable form using the authors' notation.

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