On the equivalence of Ramanujan's partition identities and a connection with the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: On the equivalence of Ramanujan's partition identities and a connection with the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction
zbMATH Open document ID: 0858.11056
author: Heng Huat Chan
published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications
publication date: 1996-07-14T00:00:00Z
review text: The author uses the Dedekind \(\eta\) transformation formula to prove the equivalence of two identities of Ramanujan: \[ \sum^\infty_{n=1} \left({n \over 5} \right) {q^n \over (1-q^n)^2} = q{(q^5;q^5)^5_\infty \over (q;q)_\infty} \text{ and } 1-5\sum^\infty_{n=1} \left( {n\over 5} \right) {nq^n \over 1-q^n} = {(q;q)^5_\infty \over (q^5; q^5)_\infty}, \] where \((n/5)\) is the Legendre symbol. He also proves the equivalence of two identities of Ramanujan that are related to the modulus 7 and shows that the second of the identities given above implies the differential equation involving the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11P81
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05A17
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11A55
zbMATH DE Number: 902490
zbMATH Keywords: Ramanujan's partition identities
zbMATH Keywords: Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction
reviewed by: David M. Bressoud
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: jmaa.1996.0071
OpenAlex ID: W2077486406
DOI: 10.1006/JMAA.1996.0071
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 902490