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Some analytic properties of the partial theta function

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2026-04-08 v1

Abstract

We prove new properties of the zero set of Ramanujan's partial theta function θ(q,x):=j=0qj(j+1)/2xj\theta (q,x):=\sum _{j=0}^{\infty}q^{j(j+1)/2}x^j, q(1,0)(0,1)q\in (-1,0)\cup (0,1), xRx\in \mathbb{R}. We show that for each q(0,1)q\in (0,1), there exists a line Rex=ax=-a, a5a\geq 5, such that all real zeros of θ(q,.)\theta(q,.) lie to its left and all complex zeros to its right. A similar property is proved for q(1,0)q\in (-1,0). For q(0,1)q\in (0,1), there are no real zeros 6\geq -6. For q(1,0)q\in (-1,0), there are no negative zeros 2.4\geq -2.4 and no positive zeros 2.4\leq 2.4, except the smallest one.

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@article{arxiv.2604.05559,
  title  = {Some analytic properties of the partial theta function},
  author = {Vladimir Petrov Kostov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.05559},
  year   = {2026}
}
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