In this paper we derive, using the Gauss summation theorem for hypergeometric series, a simple integral expression for the reciprocal of Euler’s beta function. This expression is similar in form to several well-known integrals for the beta function itself.We then apply our new formula to the study of $GL(n,ℝ)$ Whittaker functions, which are special functions that arise in the Fourier theory for automorphic forms on the general linear group. Specifically, we deduce explicit integral representations of “fundamental”...

Due to the fact that in the case $q>1$ the $q$-Bernstein polynomials are no longer positive linear operators on $C[0,1],$ the study of their convergence properties turns out to be essentially more difficult than that for $q<1.$ In this paper, new saturation theorems related to the convergence of $q$-Bernstein polynomials in the case $q>1$ are proved.

Bringmann, Lovejoy, and Osburn (2009, 2010) showed that the generating functions of the spt-overpartition functions $\overline{spt}\left(n\right)$, ${\overline{spt}}_1\left(n\right)$, ${\overline{spt}}_2\left(n\right)$, and M2spt(n) are quasimock theta functions, and satisfy a number of simple Ramanujan-like congruences. Andrews, Garvan, and Liang (2012) defined an spt-crank in terms of weighted vector partitions which combinatorially explain simple congruences modulo 5 and 7 for spt(n). Chen, Ji, and Zang (2013) were able to define this spt-crank in terms of ordinary partitions. In this...

Let $p$ be an odd prime, and let $a$ be an integer not divisible by $p$. When $m$ is a positive integer with $p\equiv 1(mod2m)$ and $2$ is an $m$th power residue modulo $p$, we determine the value of the product ${\prod }_{k\in R_m\left(p\right)}(1+tan(\pi ak/p))$, where $$R_m\left(p\right)=\{0<k<p:k\in \mathbb{Z}\text{is}\text{an}m\text{th}\text{power}\text{residue}\text{modulo}p\}.$$ In particular, if $p=x^2+64y^2$ with $x,y\in \mathbb{Z}$, then $$\prod _{k\in R_4\left(p\right)}\left(1+tan\pi \frac{ak}{p}\right)={(-1)}^y{(-2)}^{(p-1)/8}.$$