Addendum: A separation in modulus property of the zeros of a partial theta function

Abstract

We consider the partial theta function $\theta (q,z):={\sum }_{j=0}^{\infty }{q}^{j(j+1)/2}{z}^j$, where $z\in \mathbb{C}$ is a variable and $q\in \mathbb{C}$, $0<|q|<1$, is a parameter. Set $D(a):=\{q\in \mathbb{C}$, $0<|q|\le a$, $\arg (q)\in [\pi /2,3\pi /2]\}$. We show that for $k\in \mathbb{N}$ and $q\in D(0.55)$, there exists exactly one zero of $\theta (q,.)$ (which is a simple one) in the open annulus $|q{|}^{-k+1/2}<z<|q{|}^{-k-1/2}$ (if $k\ge 2$) or in the punctured disk $0<z<|q{|}^{-3/2}$ (if $k=1$). For $k=1$, $4$, $5$, $6$, $\dots$, this holds true for $q\in D(0.6)$ as well.

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• Hardy-Petrovitch-Hutchinson's problem and partial theta function