A258741 Expansion of f(x^3, x^5) / f(x, x^3) in powers of x where f(, ) is Ramanujan's general theta function.

1, -1, 1, -1, 2, -2, 2, -3, 4, -5, 5, -6, 8, -9, 10, -12, 15, -17, 19, -22, 26, -30, 33, -38, 45, -51, 56, -64, 74, -83, 92, -104, 119, -133, 147, -165, 187, -208, 229, -256, 288, -319, 351, -390, 435, -481, 528, -584, 649, -715, 783, -863, 954, -1047, 1145

Offset

0,5

Comments

Ramanujan theta functions: f(q) (see A121373), phi(q) (A000122), psi(q) (A010054), chi(q) (A000700).

References

Srinivasa Ramanujan, The Lost Notebook and Other Unpublished Papers, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 1988, p. 41, 16th equation.

Links

G. C. Greubel, Table of n, a(n) for n = 0..1000

Michael Somos, Introduction to Ramanujan theta functions

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Ramanujan Theta Functions

Formula

Expansion of f(x^4, x^12) / f(x, x^7) where f(, ) is Ramanujan's general theta function.

Euler transform of period 16 sequence [ -1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, -1, 0, ...].

G.f.: 1 / (Product_{k>=0} (1 + x^(8*k + 1)) * (1 - x^(8*k + 4)) * (1 + x^(8*k + 7))).

G.f.: (1 + x^4 + x^12 + x^24 + x^40 + ...) / (1 + x + x^7 + x^10 + x^22 + ...). [Ramanujan]

G.f.: 1 - x * (1 - x) / (1 - x^2) + x^4 * (1 - x) * (1 - x^3) / ((1 - x^2) * (1 - x^4)) - ... [Ramanujan]

a(n) = (-1)^n * A036016(n) = A029838(2*n) = A082303(2*n).

Convolution product of A106507 and A214264.

Example

G.f. = 1 - x + x^2 - x^3 + 2*x^4 - 2*x^5 + 2*x^6 - 3*x^7 + 4*x^8 - 5*x^9 + ...
G.f. = 1/q - q^15 + q^31 - q^47 + 2*q^63 - 2*q^79 + 2*q^95 - 3*q^111 + ...

Mathematica

a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ QPochhammer[ -x^4, x^4] / (QPochhammer[ -x, x^8] QPochhammer[ -x^7, x^8]), {x, 0, n}];
a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ 1 / Product[ (1 + x^(8 k + 1)) (1 - x^(8 k + 4)) (1 + x^(8 k + 7)), {k, 0, Ceiling[ n/8]}], {x, 0, n}];
a[ n_] := SeriesCoefficient[ Product[ (1 - x^k)^{1, -1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1, 1, 0}[[Mod[k, 16, 1]]], {k, n}], {x, 0, n}];

Prog

(PARI) {a(n) = if( n<0, 0, polcoeff( prod(k=1, n, (1 - x^k + x * O(x^n))^[ 0, 1, -1, 0, -1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, -1, 0, -1, 1][k%16 + 1]), n))};

Crossrefs

Cf. A029838, A036016, A082303, A106507, A214264.

Sequence in context: A076872 A008906 A029074 * A036016 A051918 A365718

Adjacent sequences: A258738 A258739 A258740 * A258742 A258743 A258744

Keyword

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Author

Michael Somos, Nov 06 2015

Status

approved