Partition-theoretic interpretations of some q-series identities of Ramanujan

Authors

  • Nipen Saikia Rajiv Gandhi University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48129/kjs.v48i2.9907

Keywords:

Ramanujan's q-series identities, partition of integer, congruence.

Abstract

Ramanujan's lost notebook contains several $q$-series identities  and some of them have theta-function representations. We give partition-theoretic interpretations of some of these identities  and prove Ramanujan-type congruences for certain partition functions.

Author Biography

Nipen Saikia, Rajiv Gandhi University

Department of Mathematics

Assistant Professor

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Published

05-04-2021