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On Dyson's crank conjecture and the uniform asymptotic behavior of certain inverse theta functions

Number Theory 2014-06-24 v3

Abstract

In this paper we prove a longstanding conjecture by Freeman Dyson concerning the limiting shape of the crank generating function. We fit this function in a more general family of inverse theta functions which play a key role in physics.

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@article{arxiv.1311.6089,
  title  = {On Dyson's crank conjecture and the uniform asymptotic behavior of certain inverse theta functions},
  author = {Kathrin Bringmann and Jehanne Dousse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.6089},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

Some error bounds have been fixed