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In this paper, we clarify the relation between Manin's quantum theta function and Schwarz's theta vector in comparison with the kq representation, which is equivalent to the classical theta function, and the corresponding coordinate space…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2009-11-10 Ee Chang-Young , Hoil Kim

We provide new proofs to five of Ramanujan's intriguing identities on false theta functions without using the Rogers-Fine identity and Bailey transforms.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-25 Liuquan Wang

On page 206 in his lost notebook, Ramanujan recorded a seventh degree identity for his theta function $\varphi(q)$. We give an analogous ninth degree identity. We also provide an application of an entry from his second notebook on a cubic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-06-03 Sun Kim , Örs Rebák

Motivated by the works of Liu, we provide a unified approach to find Appell-Lerch series and Hecke-type series representations for mock theta functions. We establish a number of parameterized identities with two parameters $a$ and $b$.…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-26 Dandan Chen , Liuquan Wang

In this paper, we use theta integrals to give a different construction of mock Maass forms studied by Sander Zwegers. With this method, we construct new real-analytic modular forms, whose Fourier coefficients are logarithms of algebraic…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-24 Yingkun Li , Christina Roehrig

We calculate a large $k$ asymptotic expansion of the exact surgery formula for Witten's $SU(2)$ invariant of Seifert manifolds. The contributions of all flat connections are identified. An agreement with the 1-loop formula is checked. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-01 Lev Rozansky

Ramanujan's 1920 last letter to Hardy contains seventeen examples of mock theta functions which he organized into three "orders." The most famous of these is the third-order function $f(q)$ which has received the most attention of any…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Nickolas Andersen , Gradin Anderson

Computing topological invariants of 3-manifolds is generally intractable, yet specialized algebraic structures can enable efficient algorithms. For Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev (WRT) invariants of torus bundles, we exploit the non-commutative…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 Nelson Abdiel Colón Vargas , Carlos Ortiz Marrero

In this article using Ramanujan's theory of Eisenstein series we evaluate completely the derivatives of the theta functions $\vartheta_1^{(2\nu+1)}(z)$ and $\vartheta_4^{(2\nu)}(z)$ in the origin in closed polynomials forms using only the…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2011-06-01 Nikos Bagis

Let q be an integral quadratic form of signature (2,m+2). We will show that the Siegel theta functions attached to q satisfies certain symmetries. As an application, we prove the symmetries for automorphic forms on the orthogonal group of q…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2010-03-12 Bernhard Heim , Atsushi Murase

We study the divisibility properties of the partition function associated with the eighth order mock theta function $V_0(q)$, introduced by Gordon and McIntosh. We obtain congruences modulo powers of 2 for certain coefficients of the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-01-01 B. Hemanthkumar

Ramanujan in his second notebook recorded total of seven $P$--$Q$ modular equations involving theta--function $f(-q)$ with moduli of orders 1, 3, 5 and 15. In this paper, modular equations analogous to those recorded by Ramanujan are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2020-05-12 S. Chandankumar , B. Hemanthkumar

We prove a natural isomorphism between toral Chern-Simons theory with gauge group $\mathbb T=\mathfrak t/\Lambda\cong U(1)^n$ and the Reshetikhin-Turaev theory associated with the finite quadratic module determined by an even, integral,…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2026-04-28 Daniel Galviz

We formulate the Asymptotic Expansion Conjecture for the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev quantum invariants of closed oriented three manifolds. For finite order mapping tori, we study these quantum invariants via the geometric gauge theory…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2011-05-02 Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen

For the Tornheim double zeta function T(s1,s2,s3) of complex variables,we obtain its functional equations,which are new.Using the calculus of r-th order derivative of zeta(s,alpha) as a function of alpha(developed in author[7])as the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2011-08-17 Vivek V. Rane

In this paper, we investigate new relationships for bilateral series related to two-parameter mock theta functions, which lead to many identities concerning the bilateral mock theta functions. In addition, interesting relations between the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Chun Wang

In this paper we construct invariants of 3-manifolds "\`a la Reshetikhin-Turaev" in the setting of non-semi-simple ribbon tensor categories. We give concrete examples of such categories which lead to a family of 3-manifold invariants…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-05-17 Francesco Costantino , Nathan Geer , Bertrand Patureau-Mirand

We revisit the questions of density of smooth functions, and differential forms, in Sobolev spaces on Riemannian manifolds. We carefully show equivalence of weak covariant derivatives to weak partial derivatives.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-07-01 Chi Hin Chan , Magdalena Czubak

We revisit the low-energy effective $U(1)$ action of topologically twisted $\mathcal N=2$ SYM theory with gauge group of rank one on a generic oriented smooth 4-manifold $X$ with nontrivial fundamental group. After including a specific new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-07 Johannes Aspman , Elias Furrer , Georgios Korpas , Zhi-Cong Ong , Meng-Chwan Tan

In this paper we present a simple method for deriving an alternative form of the functional equation for Riemann's Zeta function. The connections between some functional equations obtained implicitly by Leonhard Euler in his work "Remarques…

History and Overview · Mathematics 2022-03-22 Andrea Ossicini