The three missing terms in Ramanujan's septic theta function identity
Number Theory
2023-04-11 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs
Abstract
On page 206 in his lost notebook, Ramanujan recorded the following enigmatic identity for his theta function : \begin{equation*} \varphi(e^{-7\pi\sqrt{7}}) = 7^{-3/4}\varphi(e^{-\pi\sqrt{7}})\big\{1 + (\quad)^{2/7} + (\quad)^{2/7} + (\quad)^{2/7}\big\}. \end{equation*} We give the three missing terms. In addition, we calculate the class invariant and further special values of for and .
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@article{arxiv.2112.11884,
title = {The three missing terms in Ramanujan's septic theta function identity},
author = {Örs Rebák},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.11884},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
20 pages, revised version, Section 3 is corrected