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On a partial theta function and its spectrum (1504.05798v1)

Published 22 Apr 2015 in math.CA

Abstract: The bivariate series $\theta (q,x):=\sum {j=0}{\infty}q{j(j+1)/2}xj$ %(where $(q,x)\in {\bf C}2$, $|q|<1$) defines a {\em partial theta function}. For fixed $q$ ($|q|<1$), $\theta (q,.)$ is an entire function. For $q\in (-1,0)$ the function $\theta (q,.)$ has infinitely many negative and infinitely many positive real zeros. There exists a sequence ${ \bar{q}_j}$ of values of $q$ tending to $-1+$ such that $\theta (\bar{q}_k,.)$ has a double real zero $\bar{y}_k$ (the rest of its real zeros being simple). For $k$ odd (resp. for $k$ even) $\theta (\bar{q}_k,.)$ has a local minimum at $\bar{y}_k$ and $\bar{y}_k$ is the rightmost of the real negative zeros of $\theta (\bar{q}_k,.)$ (resp. $\theta (\bar{q}_k,.)$ has a local maximum at $\bar{y}_k$ and for $k$ sufficiently large $\bar{y}_k$ is the second from the left of the real negative zeros of $\theta (\bar{q}_k,.)$). For $k$ sufficiently large one has $-1<\bar{q}{k+1}<\bar{q}_k<0$. One has $\bar{q}_k=1-(\pi /8k)+o(1/k)$ and $|\bar{y}_k|\rightarrow e{\pi /2}=4.810477382\ldots$.

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