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The three missing terms in Ramanujan's septic theta function identity

Number Theory 2023-04-11 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

On page 206 in his lost notebook, Ramanujan recorded the following enigmatic identity for his theta function φ(q)\varphi(q): \begin{equation*} \varphi(e^{-7\pi\sqrt{7}}) = 7^{-3/4}\varphi(e^{-\pi\sqrt{7}})\big\{1 + (\quad)^{2/7} + (\quad)^{2/7} + (\quad)^{2/7}\big\}. \end{equation*} We give the three missing terms. In addition, we calculate the class invariant G343G_{343} and further special values of φ(enπ),\varphi(e^{-n\pi}), for n=7,21,35,n = 7, 21, 35, and 4949.

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@article{arxiv.2112.11884,
  title  = {The three missing terms in Ramanujan's septic theta function identity},
  author = {Örs Rebák},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.11884},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

20 pages, revised version, Section 3 is corrected

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