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Double series problems

The paper Two-dimensional series evaluations via the elliptic functions of Ramanujan and Jacobi deals exactly with double sums of this kind and shows how to evaluate them in terms of elliptic function …
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Does $\sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty (bq^n,p/aq^n;p)_\infty z^n q^{n(n-1)/2}$ have a closed form?

It turns out that the answer is quite easy. Take $p=q^2$,$~z=1$,$~b=q^2a$, then $$ \sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty (bq^n,p/aq^n;p)_\infty z^n q^{n(n-1)/2}=2 \left(q a,q/a;q^2\right){}_{\infty }\sum _{n=- …
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An infinite series involving the mod-parity of Euler's totient function

The only odd values of $\phi(n)$ are $\phi(1)=\phi(2)=1$. $\phi(n)$ is even but not divisible by $4$ when: $n=4$ $n=2^{\left\{0,1\right\}}p^m$, where $p=4k+3$ is prime, $m=1,2,3,...$ We have $$ \ …
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Partition numbers and Gaussian binomial coefficient

Consider Rogers-Szego polynomials defined by $$ H_n(t)=\sum\limits_{m=0}^{n} \binom{n}{m}_qt^m. $$ In Andrews, "Theory of partitions", exercise 6 in chapter 3 gives three term recurrence satisfied by …
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Approximating a finite sum with an integral

First, we rewrite the sum as a sum over the full period $$ S(a,N)=\frac{2}{N+1}\sum_{j=1}^{N+1} \sin^2\left( \frac{2\pi j}{N+1} \right)\sin \left( 2 a \cos \left( \frac{2\pi j}{N+1} \right) \right). …
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Identity with Pochhammer and harmonic numbers

The identity under question can be found in the paper S. Boettner, V.H. Moll The integrals in Gradshteyn and Ryzhik. Part 16: Complete elliptic integrals, pages 11-12 https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.2941 …
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Is it true that $\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{\binom{2k}k^2}{k16^k}(H_{2k}-H_k)=\frac23\sum_{k=1}^...

Let $a_n=\frac{1}{16^n}\binom{2n}n^2$. We have $$ \sum_{n\ge 1} a_n(2H_{2n}-H_n)k^{2n}=-\frac{1}{\pi}K(k)\log(1-k^2). $$ Here $K(x)=\frac{\pi}{2}\sum_{n\ge 0}a_nx^{2n}$ is complete elliptic integral o …
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$q$-Eulerian type B enjoy symmetry

$\bf{Step~1}.$ $B_{n,a}(q)=B_{n,n-a}(q)$. $\it{Proof}$. Write $$ \sum_{n\geq1}\dfrac{B_n(t,q)}{t^{n/2}}\frac{z^n}{(q;q)_n}=\frac{e(z/\sqrt{t};q)-e(z\sqrt{t};q)}{\dfrac{e(2z\sqrt{t};q)}{\sqrt{t}}-\sqr …
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A mystery sequence

The conjectured identity $$ f(q)=(q;q)_\infty\left(1+\sum_{k=1}^\infty q^k(-q;q)^2_{k-1}\right)=\sum_{\substack{m,n\geqslant0\\n\ne1}}(-1)^mq^{\frac{(m+n)(3m+n+1)}2},\tag{1} $$ using Euler's pentagona …
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Ramanujan's Lost Notebook page 1 first equation and OEIS sequence A260195

This conjecture is equivalent to the following $$\frac{q}{(1-q)^2}\sum_{n=0}^\infty(-q)^n \frac{(q;q^2){}_n(-q^2;q^2){}_n}{(q^3;q^2){}_n^2}=\sum_{1\le r,s\le t}q^{t^2-\frac{1}{2}(r^2-r+s^2-s)},\tag{1} …
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Double Series involving Gamma function

This problem can be reduced at least formally to a compact double integral, which might be easier to solve. Starting with the integral representation for the Gamma function, we write the double sum a …
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generating $q$-Catalan numbers

The functions $$ C_n(q)=\sum_{P\in\square_n}q^{area(P)} $$ satisfy the following recurrence relation $$ C_n(q)=\sum_{k=1}^nq^{k-1}C_{k-1}(q)C_{n-k}(q).\tag{1} $$ Proof. (taken from the book "The q, t- …
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Bernoulli sum meets golden number

Using the integral representation of Bernoulli numbers I obtain formally the integral representation of the double summation $$ \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\sum_{j=0}^{k}\binom{k}{j}\frac{B_{j+k+1}}{j+k+1}=2\c …
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3 divides coefficents of this $q$-series

Trivially $$ \prod_{n\geq1} f_n(q)=\frac{\left(q^3;q^3\right)^4_{\infty }}{(q;q)_{\infty } \left(q^9;q^9\right){}_{\infty }}. $$ Denoting $A(q)=(q;q)_{\infty }(q^2;q^2)_{\infty }$, one can see that in …
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About certain infinite products with the property $f(a)=f(1/a)$

EDIT (Feb 2024): The question has been generally answered in the article: Martin Nicholson, Finite and infinite product transformations, arXiv:1712.06097. Question $2$ has a surprisingly simple ans …

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