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Explicit Forms and Proofs of Zagier's Rank Three Examples for Nahm's Problem

Number Theory 2022-11-29 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs Combinatorics

Abstract

Let r1r\geq 1 be a positive integer, AA a real positive semi-definite symmetric r×rr\times r rational matrix, BB a rational vector of length rr, and CC a rational scalar. Nahm's problem is to find all triples (A,B,C)(A,B,C) such that the rr-fold qq-hypergeometric series fA,B,C(q):=n=(n1,,nr)T(Z0)rq12nTAn+nTB+C(q;q)n1(q;q)nrf_{A,B,C}(q):=\sum_{n=(n_1,\dots,n_r)^\mathrm{T}\in (\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0})^r} \frac{q^{\frac{1}{2}n^\mathrm{T} An+n^\mathrm{T} B+C}}{(q;q)_{n_1}\cdots (q;q)_{n_r}} becomes a modular form, and we call such (A,B,C)(A,B,C) a modular triple. When the rank r=3r=3, after extensive computer searches, Zagier provided twelve sets of conjectural modular triples and proved three of them. We prove a number of Rogers-Ramanujan type identities involving triple sums. These identities give modular form representations for and thereby verify all of Zagier's rank three examples. In particular, we prove a conjectural identity of Zagier.

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@article{arxiv.2211.04375,
  title  = {Explicit Forms and Proofs of Zagier's Rank Three Examples for Nahm's Problem},
  author = {Liuquan Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.04375},
  year   = {2022}
}

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37 pages. We made some changes after the first version. Comments are welcome

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