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A New Summation Formula for WP-Bailey Pairs

Number Theory 2019-01-18 v1

Abstract

Let (αn(a,k),βn(a,k))(\alpha_n(a,k),\beta_n(a,k)) be a WP-Bailey pair. Assuming the limits exist, let (αn(a),βn(a))n1=limk1(αn(a,k),βn(a,k)1k)n1 (\alpha_n^*(a),\beta_n^*(a))_{n\geq 1} = \lim_{k \to 1}\left(\alpha_n(a,k),\frac{\beta_n(a,k)}{1-k}\right)_{n\geq 1} be the \emph{derived} WP-Bailey pair. By considering a particular limiting case of a transformation due to George Andrews, we derive new basic hypergeometric summation and transformation formulae involving derived WP-Bailey pairs. We then use these formulae to derive new identities for various theta series/products which are expressible in terms of certain types of Lambert series.

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@article{arxiv.1901.05886,
  title  = {A New Summation Formula for WP-Bailey Pairs},
  author = {James Mc Laughlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.05886},
  year   = {2019}
}

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13 pages

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