Some studies on Eisenstein series and their applications

H. C. Vidya and B. R. Srivatsa Kumar
Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Print ISSN 1310–5132, Online ISSN 2367–8275
Volume 25, 2019, Number 4, Pages 30–43
DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2019.25.4.30-43
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H. C. Vidya
Department of Mathematics, Manipal Institute of Technology
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal-576 104, India

B. R. Srivatsa Kumar
Department of Mathematics, Manipal Institute of Technology
Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal-576 104, India

Abstract

In the present paper, we discuss some results on Eisenstein series of level 4 and 8. Also, as an application of this, we construct certain differential equations, incomplete integrals and deduce approximation to 3/π and convolution sums.

Keywords

  • Theta functions
  • Eisenstein series
  • Convolution sums

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 11M36
  • 14K25

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Vidya, H. C. & Srivatsa Kumar, B. R. (2019). Some studies on Eisenstein series and their applications. Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 25(4), 30-43, DOI: 10.7546/nntdm.2019.25.4.30-43.

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