A short proof of the Mock Theta Conjectures using Maass forms

Folsom, Amanda

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09434-3

A short proof of the Mock Theta Conjectures using Maass forms
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Abstract:

A celebrated work of D. Hickerson gives a proof of the Mock Theta Conjectures using Hecke-type identities discovered by G. Andrews. Here, we respond to a remark by K. Bringmann, K. Ono and R. Rhoades and provide a short proof of the Mock Theta Conjectures by realizing each side of the identities as the holomorphic projection of a harmonic weak Maass form.

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