Ramanujan's remarkable product of theta-functions

  • Bruce C. Berndt
  • , Heng Huat Chan
  • , Liang Cheng Zhang

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Abstract

On pages 338 and 339 in his first notebook, Ramanujan records eighteen values for a certain product of theta-functions depending on two integral parameters m and n. When (m, n) = 1, it can be seen that each of these values is a unit. The purpose of this paper is to establish each of these eighteen values and to prove that under certain general conditions this product is indeed a unit. Lastly, we prove that certain quotients of theta-functions are algebraic integers.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)583-612
Number of pages30
JournalProceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society
Volume40
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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