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“Algebraical oddities” in Ramanujan’s lost notebook

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In his lost notebook, Ramanujan makes certain claims, described by Hardy as “algebraical oddities”. We give proofs of two of these.

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  1. Ramanujan, S.: The Lost Notebook and Other Unpublished Papers. Raghavan, S., Rangachari, S.S. (eds.). Narosa, New Delhi (1987)

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Correspondence to Michael D. Hirschhorn.

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Dedicated to Ramanujan on the 125th anniversary of his birth

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Hirschhorn, M.D. “Algebraical oddities” in Ramanujan’s lost notebook. Ramanujan J 29, 69–77 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-012-9395-5

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