http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:27:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-12053 tpc Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:53:14 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-12053 Zwegers was Zagier's PhD student, so it's definitely related. Zwegers was Zagier’s PhD student, so it’s definitely related.

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-11634 Z Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:25:50 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-11634 Don Zagier gave a series of talks on mock theta functions almost two years ago. I didn't attend all, but the one I followed carefully gave a complete interpretation of it as holomorphic part of automorphic form for some congruence subgroups. I don't know how much of this is similar to the work described here. Don Zagier gave a series of talks on mock theta functions almost two years ago. I didn’t attend all, but the one I followed carefully gave a complete interpretation of it as holomorphic part of automorphic form for some congruence subgroups. I don’t know how much of this is similar to the work described here.

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-11421 sigfpe Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:08:55 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-11421 Damn! I'm not going to the right parties. Damn! I’m not going to the right parties.

]]> http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-10443 Jonathan Vos Post Mon, 05 Mar 2007 23:42:00 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2007/03/03/mock-theta-functions/#comment-10443 I've discussed this with two different houseguests, and at a monthly party where JPL/NASA people mingle with film-making industry people. Those folks who don't know or care about Math still found this a fascinating human interest story. It goes beyond Ramanujan (for those who didn't know him, I told The Taxicab Number anecdote) to the unusual nature of not so much solving a long-standing problem, but figuring out from the solutions what the problem really is. I’ve discussed this with two different houseguests, and at a monthly party where JPL/NASA people mingle with film-making industry people. Those folks who don’t know or care about Math still found this a fascinating human interest story. It goes beyond Ramanujan (for those who didn’t know him, I told The Taxicab Number anecdote) to the unusual nature of not so much solving a long-standing problem, but figuring out from the solutions what the problem really is.

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