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Zeros of the deformed exponential function

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2017-09-14 v1 Mathematical Physics Combinatorics math.MP Number Theory

Abstract

Let f(x)=n=01n!qn(n1)/2xnf(x)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n!}q^{n(n-1)/2}x^n (0<q<10<q<1) be the deformed exponential function. It is known that the zeros of f(x)f(x) are real and form a negative decreasing sequence (xk)(x_k) (k1k\ge 1). We investigate the complete asymptotic expansion for xkx_{k} and prove that for any n1n\ge1, as kk\to \infty, \begin{align*} x_k=-kq^{1-k}\Big(1+\sum_{i=1}^{n}C_i(q)k^{-1-i}+o(k^{-1-n})\Big), \end{align*} where Ci(q)C_i(q) are some qq series which can be determined recursively. We show that each Ci(q)Q[A0,A1,A2]C_{i}(q)\in \mathbb{Q}[A_0,A_1,A_2], where Ai=m=1miσ(m)qmA_{i}=\sum_{m=1}^{\infty}m^i\sigma(m)q^m and σ(m)\sigma(m) denotes the sum of positive divisors of mm. When writing CiC_{i} as a polynomial in A0,A1A_0, A_1 and A2A_2, we find explicit formulas for the coefficients of the linear terms by using Bernoulli numbers. Moreover, we also prove that Ci(q)Q[E2,E4,E6]C_{i}(q)\in \mathbb{Q}[E_2,E_4,E_6], where E2E_2, E4E_4 and E6E_6 are the classical Eisenstein series of weight 2, 4 and 6, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1709.04357,
  title  = {Zeros of the deformed exponential function},
  author = {Liuquan Wang and Cheng Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.04357},
  year   = {2017}
}

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26 pages

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