Explicit transformations for generalized Lambert series associated with the divisor function ?(N)a(n) and their applications
Source
arXiv
Date Issued
2023-04-01
Author(s)
Banerjee, Soumyarup
Dixit, Atul
Gupta, Shivajee
Abstract
Let ?(N)a(n)=?dN|nda. An explicit transformation is obtained for the generalized Lambert series ??n=1?(N)a(n)e-ny for Re(a)>-1 using the recently established Vorono� summation formula for ?(N)a(n), and is extended to a wider region by analytic continuation. For N=1, this Lambert series plays an important role in string theory scattering amplitudes as can be seen in the recent work of Dorigoni and Kleinschmidt. These transformations exhibit several identities - a new generalization of Ramanujan's formula for ?(2m+1), an identity associated with extended higher Herglotz functions, generalized Dedekind eta-transformation, Wigert's transformation etc., all of which are derived in this paper, thus leading to their uniform proofs. A special case of one of these explicit transformations naturally leads us to consider generalized power partitions with ''n2N-1 copies of nN''. Asymptotic expansion of their generating function as q?1- is also derived which generalizes Wright's result on the plane partition generating function. In order to obtain these transformations, several new intermediate results are required, for example, a new reduction formula for Meijer G-function and an almost closed-form evaluation of ?E2N,?(z2N)?????=1, where E?,?(z) is a two-variable Mittag-Leffler function.
Subjects
Lambert series
Voronoi summation
Asymptotic expansion
Meijer G-function
Mittag-Leffler function
