Ramanujan's tau function

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:definedIn positive integers
gptkbp:field number theory
gptkbp:firstAppearance 1916
gptkbp:form Δ(q) = q ∏_{n=1}^∞ (1 - q^n)^{24} = ∑_{n=1}^∞ τ(n)q^n
gptkbp:hasConjecture gptkb:Ramanujan_conjectures
gptkbp:hasSpecialCase τ(1) = 1
τ(10) = 115920
τ(2) = -24
τ(3) = 252
τ(4) = -1472
τ(5) = 4830
τ(6) = -6048
τ(7) = -16744
τ(8) = 84480
τ(9) = -113643
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ramanujan's tau function
gptkbp:level 1
gptkbp:modularForm Δ(z)
gptkbp:multiplicative yes
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Srinivasa_Ramanujan
gptkbp:originatedIn q-expansion of the discriminant modular form
gptkbp:property multiplicative for coprime arguments
τ(p^{k+1}) = τ(p)τ(p^k) - p^{11}τ(p^{k-1}) for prime p
gptkbp:relatedTo modular forms
gptkbp:sequence gptkb:A000594_(OEIS)
gptkbp:symbol τ(n)
gptkbp:type gptkb:cusp_form
gptkbp:weight 12
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Modular_forms
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6