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Appell-Lerch sum

Noun

Meaning

Appell-Lerch sum (plural Appell-Lerch sums)

(mathematics) A generalization of Lambert series with the form




μ
(
u
,
v
;
τ
)
=



a


1
2




θ
(
v
;
τ
)






n

Z





(

b

)

n



q



1
2


n
(
n
+
1
)




1

a

q

n







{\displaystyle \mu (u,v;\tau )={\frac {a^{\frac {1}{2}}}{\theta (v;\tau )}}\sum _{n\in Z}{\frac {(-b)^{n}q^{{\frac {1}{2}}n(n+1)}}{1-aq^{n}}}}


where






q
=

e

2
π
i
τ


,

a
=

e

2
π
i
u


,

b
=

e

2
π
i
v





{\displaystyle \displaystyle q=e^{2\pi i\tau },\quad a=e^{2\pi iu},\quad b=e^{2\pi iv}}


and





θ
(
v
,
τ
)
=



n

Z


(

1

)

n



b

n
+


1
2





q



1
2




(

n
+


1
2



)


2




.


{\displaystyle \theta (v,\tau )=\sum _{n\in Z}(-1)^{n}b^{n+{\frac {1}{2}}}q^{{\frac {1}{2}}\left(n+{\frac {1}{2}}\right)^{2}}.}

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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