Some results on vanishing coefficients in infinite product expansions
Number Theory
2023-01-30 v1
Abstract
Recently, M. D. Hirschhorn proved that, if ∑n=0∞anqn:=(−q,−q4;q5)∞(q,q9;q10)∞3 and ∑n=0∞bnqn:=(−q2,−q3;q5)∞(q3,q7;q10)∞3, then a5n+2=a5n+4=0 and b5n+1=b5n+4=0. Motivated by the work of Hirschhorn, D. Tang proved some comparable results including the following: If ∑n=0∞cnqn:=(−q,−q4;q5)∞3(q3,q7;q10)∞ and ∑n=0∞dnqn:=(−q2,−q3;q5)∞3(q,q9;q10)∞, then c5n+3=c5n+4=0 and d5n+3=d5n+4=0. In this paper, we prove that a5n=b5n+2, a5n+1=b5n+3, a5n+2=b5n+4, a5n−1=b5n+1, c5n+3=d5n+3, c5n+4=d5n+4, c5n=d5n, c5n+2=d5n+2, and c5n+1>d5n+1. We also record some other comparable results not listed by Tang.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1908.07737,
title = {Some results on vanishing coefficients in infinite product expansions},
author = {Nayandeep Deka Baruah and Mandeep Kaur},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.07737},
year = {2023}
}
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