Character theta transformation (${\Theta }_{\chi }(\tau )=\frac{g(\chi )}{i^a{N}^{a+1}(-i\tau {)}^{a+1/2}}{\Theta }_{\overline{\chi }}(-1/(N^2\tau ))$)

For a primitive Dirichlet character modulo $N>1$ of parity $a\in \{0,1\}$, put ${\Theta }_{\chi }(\tau )={\sum }_n{n}^a\chi (n)e^{\pi i{n}^2\tau }$, extending the character by zero on nonunits. The square root is analytic with positive value when $-i\tau$ is positive real. Apply Poisson summation separately in each residue class modulo $N$, and use the finite Fourier transform of a primitive Dirichlet character. The Fourier transforms of $e^{\pi i\tau x^2}$ and $x{e}^{\pi i\tau x^2}$ are $(-i\tau {)}^{-1/2}{e}^{-\pi i{t}^2/\tau }$ and $(t/\tau )(-i\tau {)}^{-1/2}{e}^{-\pi i{t}^2/\tau }$. These give the formula, including its odd-character phase.

Take the even primitive Dirichlet character ${\chi }_{12}$ whose values at $1,5,7,11$ modulo twelve are $1,-1,-1,1$. Its Gauss sum of a Dirichlet character is $\sqrt{12}$. The displayed series $A$ has $A(-1/\tau )=\sqrt{-i\tau }A(\tau )$ and $A(\tau +1)=e^{\pi i/12}A(\tau )$. Thus $A^{24}$ is the normalized weight-twelve modular discriminant. It has no interior zeros by the valence formula for the modular group. Its logarithmic derivative equals $E_2/24$, so integration gives the Dedekind eta function product. The odd character modulo four similarly produces a series $B$ with $B^8=A^{24}$ and leading term $q^{1/8}$; consequently $B=A^3$.