Andrews' unboundedness conjecture for the coefficients of the mock theta function sigma

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Let

σ(q)=n=0qn(n+1)/2(q;q)n=:n=0S(n)qn,\sigma(q)=\sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac{q^{n(n+1)/2}}{(-q;q)_n}=:\sum_{n=0}^\infty S(n)q^n,

where (a;q)n=j=0n1(1aqj)(a;q)_n=\prod_{j=0}^{n-1}(1-aq^j). Andrews' unboundedness conjecture.

lim supS(n)=+.\limsup |S(n)|=+\infty.

The coefficients S(n)S(n) arise from the mock theta function studied by Andrews, Dyson, and Hickerson and have a partition-theoretic interpretation. The source does not provide evidence that this conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

Amanda Folsom, Joshua Males, Larry Rolen and Matthias Storzer, “Oscillating asymptotics and conjectures of Andrews”, arXiv:2305.16654 (2026).

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