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Mathematical Research Letters
Volume 9 (2002)
Number 2
Lacunary partition functions
Pages: 191 – 198
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/MRL.2002.v9.n2.a5
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Abstract
We combine the theory of Bailey chains and the theory of binary quadratic forms to show that there are large classes of $q$-series which are not theta series but whose coefficients are almost all $0$. We interpret some examples in terms of simple partition functions.
Published 1 January 2002