8 Proof of Theorem 5.2
Our proof of the Theorem 5.2 relies on the following two inequalities for modular objects.
Consider the function
Then
for all
Consider the function
Then
for all
Here we formalize the proof of the inequalities by Lee [ 7 ] . First, we can rewrite the inequality in 8.1 as follows.
Define two (quasi) modular forms as
We have
Now, the first inequality 191 follows from the positivity of each
For all
To prove the second inequality 192, we need some identities satisfied by
The second inequality 192 follows from the following two observations. Since
as a function on
We have
The function
Finally, we are ready to prove Theorem 5.2.
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