Master’s Defense – Christina Mende @ Keller 301

When:
November 15, 2016 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
2016-11-15T16:00:00-10:00
2016-11-15T17:00:00-10:00
Where:
Keller Hall 301
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA

Title: A MODULAR FORMS APPROACH TO ARITHMETIC CONVOLUTED IDENTITIES

Link to Master’s project

Abstract.
In 2004, H. Farkas found a series of identities which relate the convolution of a certain arithmetic function with an analogue of the classical σ-function. In 2009, P. Guerzhoy and W. Raji interpreted series of identities of this kind using generating functions and modular forms. Their results pertain to primes p ≡ 3 mod 4. In this paper, we address the primes p ≡ 5 mod 8 and obtain four new series of similar identities. Our methods are close to those employed by Guerzhoy and Raji.