An elementary approach to Sun Kim's general theta function identities

Abstract

Ramanujan's modular equations of degrees $3$, $5$, $7$, $11$ and $23$ are closely related to certain theta function identities. Warnaar generalized the identities arising from the modular equations of degrees $3$ and $7$ to a general theta function identity. Kim subsequently obtained a further general theta function identity associated with the modular equations of degrees $5$, $11$ and $23$, and established several general theta function identities containing known partition theorems as special cases. In this paper, we present an elementary approach to Kim's general theta function identities, yielding $q$-series proofs of these identities within a common framework.

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