Partition identities with mixed mock modular forms
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Partition identities with mixed mock modular forms
zbMATH Open document ID: 1328.11103
author: George E. Andrews
author: S. P. Hill
published in: Journal of Number Theory
publication date: 2015-09-09T00:00:00Z
review text: We seek them here, we seek them there, partition identities are everywhere. This fascinating paper makes the case that many more partition identities are just mock theta functions in disguise. The authors begin by claiming that that there are countless partition identities related to infinite products which are usually modular forms. They go on to give a new example related to a mock modular form. Theorem. Let \(C_k(n)\) denote the number of partitions of \(n\) of the following form \(f_11+f_22+\cdots+f_nn=n\) where (1) \(0\leq f_i\leq 2k+1\), (2) if \(f_i<2k\) then \(\lfloor f_i/2\rfloor+\lfloor f_{i+1}/2\rfloor\leq k-1\) and (3) if \(f_i=2k\) or \(2k+1\), then \(i\) is odd, say \(2j+1\), each of \(f_1, f_3, \ldots, f_{2j+1}\) is either \(2k\) or \(2k+1\) and each of \(f_2, f_4, \ldots, f_{2j+2}\) is zero, then \[ \sum_{n=0}^\infty C_k(n)q^n = \frac{1+\sum_{j=1}^\infty (q^{(2k+3)j^2+j} s(j,q^2) - q^{(2k+3)j^2-j} s(j-1,q^2))} {\prod_{n=1}^\infty(1-q^n)}, \] where \[ s(j,q) = \sum_{n=-j}^j (-1)^j q^{-j^2}. \] Here, \(C_k(n)\) is the number of partitions of \(n\) in which the first parts consist entirely of consecutive odd numbers starting with 1 appearing \(2k\) or \(2k+1\) times and the larger parts are required to appear fewer than \(2k\) times and are subject to the conditions. Let \(F_k(x;q)= \sum_{m,n\geq 0} c_k(m,n)x^mq^n\), where \(c_k(m,n)\) is the number of partitions enumerated by \(C_k(n)\) that have exactly \(m\) parts. Then \(F(x;q)\) satisfies a first order nonlinear difference equation relating \(F(x;q)\) and \(F(xq^2;q)\) which can be proved by a simple counting argument. Iterating this equation \(N\) times, letting \(N\rightarrow\infty\) and putting \(x=1\) gives the identity for \(\sum_{n=0}^\infty C_k(n)q^n\). This is Fine's somewhat neglected elementary method for solving such difference equations. Along the way to the identity, we are treated to a masterclass of manipulations from the Andrews toolbox of partition theorems and Bailey pairs. For \(…
reviewed by: John H. Loxton
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11P81
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 11F11
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05A17
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 05A19
zbMATH DE Number: 6479856
zbMATH Keywords: partitions
zbMATH Keywords: mixed mock modular forms
zbMATH Keywords: mock theta functions
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: j.jnt.2015.06.022
OpenAlex ID: W1455878772
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DOI: 10.1016/J.JNT.2015.06.022
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6479856