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Modular units from quotients of Rogers-Ramanujan type $q$-series

Number Theory 2015-06-30 v1

Abstract

In [4] and [5], Folsom presents a family of modular units as higher-level analogues of the Rogers-Ramanujan qq-continued fraction. These units are constructed from analytic solutions to the higher-order qq-recurrence equations of Selberg. Here, we consider another family of modular units, which are quotients of Hall-Littlewood qq-series that appear in the generalized Rogers-Ramanujan type identities of [6]. In analogy with the results of Folsom, we provide a formula for the rank of the subgroup these units generate and show that their specializations at the cusp 00 generate a subgroup of the cyclotomic unit group of the same rank. In addition, we prove that their singular values generate the same class fields as those of Folsom's units.

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@article{arxiv.1506.08313,
  title  = {Modular units from quotients of Rogers-Ramanujan type $q$-series},
  author = {Hannah Larson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.08313},
  year   = {2015}
}