Open AccessAnother simple proof of the quintuple product identity
Author(s) -
Hei-Chi Chan
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of mathematics and mathematical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1687-0425
pISSN - 0161-1712
DOI - 10.1155/ijmms.2005.2511
Subject(s) - mathematics , identity (music) , simple (philosophy) , product (mathematics) , combinatorial proof , direct proof , triple product , combinatorics , pure mathematics , algebra over a field , calculus (dental) , geometry , epistemology , medicine , philosophy , physics , dentistry , acoustics
We give a simple proof of the well-known quintuple product identity. The strategy of our proof is similar to a proof of Jacobi (ascribed to him by Enneper) for the triple product identity
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