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This document summarizes 3 research articles on hypergeometric generating functions and theta functions: 1) An article by Lovejoy and Ono using Andrews' work to provide hypergeometric generating functions for values of Dirichlet and other L-functions. 2) An article by Srivastava proving partial theta function expansions in a more general setting, as examples of identities discovered by Andrews. 3) An article by Denis proving transformation formulas for bibasic hypergeometric series, which generalize lemmas used by Andrews.

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This document summarizes 3 research articles on hypergeometric generating functions and theta functions: 1) An article by Lovejoy and Ono using Andrews' work to provide hypergeometric generating functions for values of Dirichlet and other L-functions. 2) An article by Srivastava proving partial theta function expansions in a more general setting, as examples of identities discovered by Andrews. 3) An article by Denis proving transformation formulas for bibasic hypergeometric series, which generalize lemmas used by Andrews.

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Zentralblatt MATH Database 1931 – 2007

c 2007 European Mathematical Society, FIZ Karlsruhe & Springer-Verlag

1070.33016
Lovejoy, Jeremy; Ono, Ken
Hypergeometric generating functions for values of Dirichlet and other L
functions. (English)
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100, No.12, 6904-6909 (2003). [ISSN 0027-8424; ISSN
1091-6490]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1131697100

Summary: Although there is vast literature on the values of L functions at nonpositive


integers, the recent appearance of some of these values as the coefficients of special-
izations of knot invariants comes as a surprise. Using work of G. E. Andrews [Adv.
Math. 41, 173-185 (1981; Zbl 0477.33002); q-series: their development and applica-
tion in analysis, combinatories, physics, and computer algebra, Conference Board of the
Mathematical Sciences Regional Conference Series in Mathematics 66 (Am. Math. Soc,
Providence, RI) (1986); Ill. J. Math. 36, No. 2, 251-274 (1992; Zbl 0773.05007)], we
revisit this old subject and provide uniform and general results giving such generating
functions as specializations of basic hypergeometric functions. For example, we obtain
such generating functions for all nontrivial Dirichlet L functions.
Classification :
∗ 33D15 Basic hypergeometric functions of one variable
05A17 Partitions of integres (combinatorics)
11M41 Other Dirichlet series and zeta functions
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0702.33009
Srivastava, Bhaskar
Partial theta function expansions. (English)
Tôhoku Math. J., II. Ser. 42, No.1, 119-125 (1990). [ISSN 0040-8735]

Among the many identities which George Andrews has discovered and proved from
Ramanujan’s “Lost Notebook” are several which expand theta functions in terms of
partial products of the same function. As an example, set

θ(x; q) = (q 2 ; q 2 )∞ (xq; q 2 )∞ (x−1 q; q 2 )∞ , θN (x; q) = (q 2 ; q 2 )∞ (xq; q 2 )N (x−1 q; q 2 )N .

Ramanujan stated and A. E. Andrews has proved [Adv. Math. 41, 137-172 and 173-185
(1981; Zbl 0477.33001 and Zbl 0477.33002)] that
2
3
X q 2n
(∗) θ(x; q ) = θn (x; q).
(q 2 ; q 2 )2n
The author proves these identities in a more general setting. As an example, (*) becomes
2
−q 3 X q 2n −2n (1 − dq 2n )
3
θ(x; q ) = θn (x; q).
(x + x−1 + dq 3 ) (q 2 ; q 2 )2n
Zentralblatt MATH Database 1931 – 2007

c 2007 European Mathematical Society, FIZ Karlsruhe & Springer-Verlag

D.M.Bressoud
Keywords : theta function
Classification :
∗ 33E05 Elliptic functions and integrals
11P82 Analytic theory of partitions
11P81 Elementary theory of partitions
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0717.33012
Denis, Remy Y.
On certain θ-function expansions. (English)
Math. Stud. 56, No.1-4, 114-121 (1989). [ISSN 0025-5742]

The author proves transformation formulas for bibasic hypergeometric series of the form

X (−aq; q)n (−a−1 ; q)n (α1 ; p)n ...(αr ; p)n xn


,
(q; q)m )(β1 ; p)n ...(βs ; p)n
n≥0

where m is either 2n or 2n + 1. Special cases of this include lemmas used by G. E.


Andrews [Adv. Math. 41, 173-185 (1981; Zbl 0477.33002)].
D.M.Bressoud
Keywords : bibasic hypergeometric
Classification :
∗ 33E05 Elliptic functions and integrals
33D65 Bibasic functions and multiple bases
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