Seminar
| Location: | MSRI: Simons Auditorium |
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Title: Curious q-series and Jacobi Theta functions
Abstract:
Many q-series arising in combinatorics and physics, such as
sum_{n=0}^infty q^(n^2)/(1-q)^2(1-q^2)^2...(1-q^n)^2,
the partition generating function,
converge for |q|<1 and for |q|>1 and possess a natural boundary for |q|=1.
In the regime |q|<1, such functions are often modular
forms. In the regime |q|>1, these functions fail to be modular but often possess a striking resemblance to modular forms. I will discuss the near modularity of these functions and even
given some meaning to these functions when |q|=1. Such series have played a striking role in Pade Approximation and Quantum Invariants of 3-manifolds.