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New York Journal of Mathematics
Volume 30 (2024), 1307-1436

  

Timothy Huber, James McLaughlin, and Dongxi Ye

Further results on vanishing coefficients in the series expansion of lacunary eta quotients

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Published: October 5, 2024.
Keywords: modular forms, infinite product, eta quotient, vanishing coefficients, lacunary q-series, Dedekind eta function, theta series.
Subject [2010]: 11F11; 11B65.

Abstract
In a previous paper the authors proved the existence of various pairs\break (A(q),B(q)) of lacunary eta quotients with identically vanishing coefficients. Further experiments indicated that the results in this previous paper were just the "tip of the iceberg". We provide a comprehensive description of what experiment suggests and employ a variety of methods to prove experimentally-derived results. The work is a template and atlas for the subsequent study of lacunary eta quotients. A broad range of proof strategies are applied to confirm the vanishing structure. These comprise a representative sample of techniques that may be used to study the remaining observations and conjectures resulting from the work.

Acknowledgements

Dongxi Ye was supported by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (Grant No. 2023A1515010298).


Author information

Timothy Huber
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, Texas 78539, USA

timothy.huber@utrgv.edu

James McLaughlin
Mathematics Department
25 University Avenue
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383, USA

jmclaughlin2@wcupa.edu

Dongxi Ye
School of Mathematics (Zhuhai)
Sun Yat-sen University
Zhuhai 519082, Guangdong, China

yedx3@mail.sysu.edu.cn