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On the Conditions for a Special Entire Function Related to the Partial Theta-Function and the q-Kummer Functions to Belong to the Laguerre–Pólya Class

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In this paper, we discuss the conditions for the function

$$\begin{aligned} F_a(z) =\sum _{k=0}^\infty \frac{z^k}{(a+1)(a^2+1) \cdots (a^k+1)},\quad a >1, \end{aligned}$$

to belong to the Laguerre–Pólya class, or to have only real zeros.

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This article was partially supported by the Akhiezer Foundation. The author is very grateful to her scientific advisor, A. Vishnyakova, for her patience, support and contribution to her research career. The author is also deeply grateful to the referees for valuable and attentive remarks.

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Nguyen, T.H. On the Conditions for a Special Entire Function Related to the Partial Theta-Function and the q-Kummer Functions to Belong to the Laguerre–Pólya Class. Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 22, 7–25 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40315-021-00361-0

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