Elliptic hypergeometric series

Short description: Elliptic analog of hypergeometric series

In mathematics, an elliptic hypergeometric series is a series Σc_n such that the ratio c_n/c_n−1 is an elliptic function of n, analogous to generalized hypergeometric series where the ratio is a rational function of n, and basic hypergeometric series where the ratio is a periodic function of the complex number n. They were introduced by Date-Jimbo-Kuniba-Miwa-Okado (1987) and (Frenkel Turaev) in their study of elliptic 6-j symbols.

For surveys of elliptic hypergeometric series see (Gasper Rahman), (Spiridonov 2008) or (Rosengren 2016).

Definitions

The q-Pochhammer symbol is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle(a;q)_n = \prod_{k=0}^{n-1} (1-aq^k)=(1-a)(1-aq)(1-aq^2)\cdots(1-aq^{n-1}). }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle(a_1,a_2,\ldots,a_m;q)_n = (a_1;q)_n (a_2;q)_n \ldots (a_m;q)_n. }[/math]

The modified Jacobi theta function with argument x and nome p is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle \theta(x;p)=(x,p/x;p)_\infty }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle \theta(x_1,...,x_m;p)=\theta(x_1;p)...\theta(x_m;p) }[/math]

The elliptic shifted factorial is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle(a;q,p)_n = \theta(a;p)\theta(aq;p)...\theta(aq^{n-1};p) }[/math]

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle(a_1,...,a_m;q,p)_n=(a_1;q,p)_n\cdots(a_m;q,p)_n }[/math]

The theta hypergeometric series _r+1E_r is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle{}_{r+1}E_r(a_1,...a_{r+1};b_1,...,b_r;q,p;z) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(a_1,...,a_{r+1};q;p)_n}{(q,b_1,...,b_r;q,p)_n}z^n }[/math]

The very well poised theta hypergeometric series _r+1V_r is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle{}_{r+1}V_r(a_1;a_6,a_7,...a_{r+1};q,p;z) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{\theta(a_1q^{2n};p)}{\theta(a_1;p)}\frac{(a_1,a_6,a_7,...,a_{r+1};q;p)_n}{(q,a_1q/a_6,a_1q/a_7,...,a_1q/a_{r+1};q,p)_n}(qz)^n }[/math]

The bilateral theta hypergeometric series _rG_r is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle{}_{r}G_r(a_1,...a_{r};b_1,...,b_r;q,p;z) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty\frac{(a_1,...,a_{r};q;p)_n}{(b_1,...,b_r;q,p)_n}z^n }[/math]

Definitions of additive elliptic hypergeometric series

The elliptic numbers are defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ [a;\sigma,\tau]=\frac{\theta_1(\pi\sigma a,e^{\pi i \tau})}{\theta_1(\pi\sigma ,e^{\pi i \tau})} }[/math]

where the Jacobi theta function is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \theta_1(x,q) = \sum_{n=-\infty}^\infty (-1)^nq^{(n+1/2)^2}e^{(2n+1)ix} }[/math]

The additive elliptic shifted factorials are defined by

• [math]\displaystyle{ [a;\sigma,\tau]_n=[a;\sigma,\tau][a+1;\sigma,\tau]...[a+n-1;\sigma,\tau] }[/math]
• [math]\displaystyle{ [a_1,...,a_m;\sigma,\tau] = [a_1;\sigma,\tau]...[a_m;\sigma,\tau] }[/math]

The additive theta hypergeometric series _r+1e_r is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle{}_{r+1}e_r(a_1,...a_{r+1};b_1,...,b_r;\sigma,\tau;z) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{[a_1,...,a_{r+1};\sigma;\tau]_n}{[1,b_1,...,b_r;\sigma,\tau]_n}z^n }[/math]

The additive very well poised theta hypergeometric series _r+1v_r is defined by

[math]\displaystyle{ \displaystyle{}_{r+1}v_r(a_1;a_6,...a_{r+1};\sigma,\tau;z) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{[a_1+2n;\sigma,\tau]}{[a_1;\sigma,\tau]}\frac{[a_1,a_6,...,a_{r+1};\sigma,\tau]_n}{[1,1+a_1-a_6,...,1+a_1-a_{r+1};\sigma,\tau]_n}z^n }[/math]

Further reading

• Spiridonov, V. P. (2013). "Aspects of elliptic hypergeometric functions". in Berndt, Bruce C.. The Legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan Proceedings of an International Conference in Celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Ramanujan's Birth; University of Delhi, 17-22 December 2012. Ramanujan Mathematical Society Lecture Notes Series. 20. Ramanujan Mathematical Society. pp. 347–361. ISBN 9789380416137. Bibcode: 2013arXiv1307.2876S. 
• Rosengren, Hjalmar (2016). "Elliptic Hypergeometric Functions". arXiv:1608.06161 [math.CA].

References

• Frenkel, Igor B.; Turaev, Vladimir G. (1997), "Elliptic solutions of the Yang-Baxter equation and modular hypergeometric functions", The Arnold-Gelfand mathematical seminars, Boston, MA: Birkhäuser Boston, pp. 171–204, ISBN 978-0-8176-3883-2, https://books.google.com/books?id=Eic6prpQ_VwC&pg=PA171 
• Gasper, George; Rahman, Mizan (2004), Basic hypergeometric series, Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications, 96 (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-83357-8 
• Spiridonov, V. P. (2002), "Theta hypergeometric series", Asymptotic combinatorics with application to mathematical physics (St. Petersburg, 2001), NATO Sci. Ser. II Math. Phys. Chem., 77, Dordrecht: Kluwer Acad. Publ., pp. 307–327, Bibcode: 2003math......3204S 
• Spiridonov, V. P. (2003), "Theta hypergeometric integrals", Rossiĭskaya Akademiya Nauk. Algebra i Analiz 15 (6): 161–215, doi:10.1090/S1061-0022-04-00839-8, Bibcode: 2003math......3205S 
• Spiridonov, V. P. (2008), "Essays on the theory of elliptic hypergeometric functions", Rossiĭskaya Akademiya Nauk. Moskovskoe Matematicheskoe Obshchestvo. Uspekhi Matematicheskikh Nauk 63 (3): 3–72, doi:10.1070/RM2008v063n03ABEH004533, Bibcode: 2008RuMaS..63..405S 
• Warnaar, S. Ole (2002), "Summation and transformation formulas for elliptic hypergeometric series", Constructive Approximation 18 (4): 479–502, doi:10.1007/s00365-002-0501-6