Keith's congruence conjecture for coefficients of a reciprocal false theta function

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Let c5(n)c_5(n) be defined by

1Ψ(q5,q)=n=0c5(n)qn,\frac{1}{\Psi(-q^5,q)}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty c_5(n)q^n,

where

Ψ(a,b):=n=0an(n+1)/2bn(n1)/2n=1an(n+1)/2bn(n1)/2.\Psi(a,b):=\sum_{n=0}^\infty a^{n(n+1)/2}b^{n(n-1)/2}-\sum_{n=-\infty}^{-1}a^{n(n+1)/2}b^{n(n-1)/2}.

Keith's conjecture. For every integer n0n\geq 0,

c5(32n+31)0(mod8),c5(128n+123)0(mod8),c_5(32n+31)\equiv 0\pmod 8,\qquad c_5(128n+123)\equiv 0\pmod 8, c5(512n+491)0(mod8),c5(64n+19)0(mod4),c_5(512n+491)\equiv 0\pmod 8,\qquad c_5(64n+19)\equiv 0\pmod 4, c5(256n+75)0(mod4),c_5(256n+75)\equiv 0\pmod 4,

and, for i{110,138,194}i\in\{110,138,194\} and j{19,47,75,103,159,187}j\in\{19,47,75,103,159,187\},

c5(196n+i)0(mod4),c5(196n+j)0(mod4).c_5(196n+i)\equiv 0\pmod 4,\qquad c_5(196n+j)\equiv 0\pmod 4.

These congruences concern arithmetic progressions in the coefficients of the reciprocal of a false theta function. The conjecture was posed by Keith and is the result proved by the paper from which this candidate is extracted; the supplied parser status is unknown, so the database status remains open pending explicit resolution evidence.

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Primary source

Jing Jin, Sijia Wang and Olivia X. M. Yao, “Proof of a conjecture of Keith on congruences of the reciprocal of a false theta function”, arXiv:2508.01532 (2025).

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