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A general formula for Hecke-type false theta functions

Number Theory 2025-11-21 v2

Abstract

In recent work where Matsusaka generalizes the relationship between Habiro-type series and false theta functions after Hikami, five families of Hecke-type double-sums of the form \begin{equation*} \left( \sum_{r,s\ge 0 }-\sum_{r,s<0}\right)(-1)^{r+s}x^ry^sq^{a\binom{r}{2}+brs+c\binom{s}{2}}, \end{equation*} where b2ac<0b^2-ac<0, are decomposed into sums of products of theta functions and false theta functions. Here we obtain a general formula for such double-sums in terms of theta functions and false theta functions, which subsumes the decompositions of Matsusaka. Our general formula is similar in structure to the case b2ac>0b^2-ac>0, where Mortenson and Zwegers obtain a decomposition in terms of Appell functions and theta functions.

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@article{arxiv.2212.13236,
  title  = {A general formula for Hecke-type false theta functions},
  author = {Eric T. Mortenson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13236},
  year   = {2025}
}

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