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    Infinite product representations of some q-series

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    For integers aa and bb (not both 00) we define the integers c(a,b;n)  (n=0,1,2,…)c(a,b;n)\ \ (n=0,1,2,\ldots) by \sum_{n=0}^{infty} c(a,b,;n)q^n = \prod_{n=1}^\infty \left(1-q^n\right)^a (1-q^{2n})^b \quad (|q|<1). These integers include the numbers tk(n)=c(−k,2k;n)t_k(n) = c(-k,2k;n), which count the number of representations of nn as a sum of kk triangular numbers, and the numbers (−1)nrk(n)=c(2k,−k;n)(-1)^n r_k(n) = c(2k,-k;n), where rk(n)r_k(n) counts the number of representations of nn as a sum of kk squares. A computer search was carried out for integers aa and bb, satisfying −24≤a,b≤24-24\leq a,b\leq 24, such that at least one of the sums \begin{align} \sum_{n=0}^{infty} c(a,b;3n+j)q^n, \quad j=0,1,2, \end{align} (0.1) is either zero or can be expressed as a nonzero constant multiple of the product of a power of qq and a single infinite product of factors involving powers of 1−qrn1-q^{rn} with r∈{1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24}r\in\{1,2,3,4,6,8,12,24\} for all powers of qq up to q1000q^{1000}. A total of 84 such candidate identities involving 56 pairs of integers (a,b)(a,b) all satisfying a\equiv b\pmd3 were found and proved in a uniform manner. The proof of these identities is extended to establish general formulas for the sums (0.1). These formulas are used to determine formulas for the sums \[\sum_{n=0}^{infty} t_k(3n+j)q^n, \quad \sum_{n=0}^{infty} r_k(3n+j)q^n, \quad j=0,1,2. \
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