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Jacobi's proof relies on Euler's [[pentagonal number theorem]], which is itself a specific case of the Jacobi |
Jacobi's proof relies on Euler's [[pentagonal number theorem]], which is itself a specific case of the Jacobi triple product identity. |
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Let <math>x=q\sqrt q</math> and <math>y^2=-\sqrt{q}</math>. Then we have |
Let <math>x=q\sqrt q</math> and <math>y^2=-\sqrt{q}</math>. Then we have |
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In mathematics, the Jacobi triple product is the identity:
for complex numbers x and y, with |x| < 1 and y ≠ 0. It was introduced by Jacobi (1829) in his work Fundamenta Nova Theoriae Functionum Ellipticarum.
The Jacobi triple product identity is the Macdonald identity for the affine root system of type A1, and is the Weyl denominator formula for the corresponding affine Kac–Moody algebra.
Properties
Jacobi's proof relies on Euler's pentagonal number theorem, which is itself a specific case of the Jacobi triple product identity.
Let and . Then we have
The Rogers–Ramanujan identities follow with , and , .
The Jacobi Triple Product also allows the Jacobi theta function to be written as an infinite product as follows:
Let and
Then the Jacobi theta function
can be written in the form
Using the Jacobi triple product identity, the theta function can be written as the product
There are many different notations used to express the Jacobi triple product. It takes on a concise form when expressed in terms of q-Pochhammer symbols:
where is the infinite q-Pochhammer symbol.
It enjoys a particularly elegant form when expressed in terms of the Ramanujan theta function. For it can be written as
Proof
Let
Substituting xy for y and multiplying the new terms out gives
Since is meromorphic for , it has a Laurent series
which satisfies
so that
and hence
Evaluating c0(x)
Showing that is technical. One way is to set and show both the numerator and the denominator of
are weight 1/2 modular under , since they are also 1-periodic and bounded on the upper half plane the quotient has to be constant so that .
Other proofs
A different proof is given by G. E. Andrews based on two identities of Euler.[1]
For the analytic case, see Apostol.[2]
References
- ^ Andrews, George E. (1965-02-01). "A simple proof of Jacobi's triple product identity". Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 16 (2): 333. doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1965-0171725-X. ISSN 0002-9939.
- ^ Chapter 14, theorem 14.6 of Apostol, Tom M. (1976), Introduction to analytic number theory, Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, New York-Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 978-0-387-90163-3, MR 0434929, Zbl 0335.10001
- Peter J. Cameron, Combinatorics: Topics, Techniques, Algorithms, (1994) Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-45761-0
- Jacobi, C. G. J. (1829), Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum (in Latin), Königsberg: Borntraeger, ISBN 978-1-108-05200-9, Reprinted by Cambridge University Press 2012
- Carlitz, L (1962), A note on the Jacobi theta formula, American Mathematical Society
- Wright, E. M. (1965), "An Enumerative Proof of An Identity of Jacobi", Journal of the London Mathematical Society, London Mathematical Society: 55–57, doi:10.1112/jlms/s1-40.1.55