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On the location of the complex conjugate zeros of the partial theta function

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2026-05-25 v1

Abstract

We prove that for any q(0,1)q\in (0,1), all complex conjugate pairs of zeros of the partial theta function θ(q,x):=j=0qj(j+1)/2xj\theta (q,x):=\sum _{j=0}^{\infty}q^{j(j+1)/2}x^j with non-negative real part belong to the half-annulus {\{Re(x)0, 1<x<5}(x)\geq 0,~1<|x|<5\}, where the outer radius cannot be replaced by a number smaller than eπ/2=4.810477382e^{\pi /2}=4.810477382\ldots, and that for q(0,0.21/4=0.6687403050]q\in (0,0.2^{1/4}=0.6687403050\ldots ], θ(q,.)\theta (q,.) has no zeros with non-negative real part. The complex conjugate pairs of zeros with negative real part belong to the left open half-disk of radius 49.849.8 centered at the origin.

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@article{arxiv.2501.15866,
  title  = {On the location of the complex conjugate zeros of the partial theta function},
  author = {Vladimir Petrov Kostov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.15866},
  year   = {2026}
}

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18 pages, 1 figure