Jacobi derivative formula (${\theta }_1^{\prime }(0,\tau )=\pi {\theta }_2(0,\tau ){\theta }_3(0,\tau ){\theta }_4(0,\tau )$)

Use period-one spatial normalization and $Q=e^{\pi i\tau }$. The conventional odd function is ${\theta }_1=-\theta [1/2,1/2]$ with the characteristic convention of theta function with characteristics. Differentiating its Jacobi triple product gives ${\theta }_1^{\prime }(0)=2\pi Q^{1/4}{\prod }_{m\ge 1}(1-Q^{2m}{)}^3$. The three even constant products have product $2Q^{1/4}{\prod }_{m\ge 1}(1-Q^{2m}{)}^3$, proving the identity. The sign changes if one instead calls the characteristic series itself theta1.