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On two 10th-order mock theta identities

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We give short proofs of conjectural identities due to Gordon and McIntosh involving two 10th-order mock theta functions.

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The second author would like to thank the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques for their support during the preparation of this paper.

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  1. CNRS, LIAFA, Université Denis Diderot—Paris 7, Case 7014, 75205, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Jeremy Lovejoy

  2. School of Mathematical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

    Robert Osburn

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Correspondence to Robert Osburn.

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Dedicated to the memory of Basil Gordon

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Lovejoy, J., Osburn, R. On two 10th-order mock theta identities. Ramanujan J 36, 117–121 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-013-9479-x

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