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Ramanujan's Notebooks

By Bruce C. Berndt

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
1988
ISBN
9780387967943, 038796794X, 354096794X, 0387975039
LCC
QA3 .R33 1997
Open Library ID
OL21033079M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3289876 bytes)
Volume
Part 2
Edition
Corr. 2nd print
Pages
372\372
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

During the years 1903-1914, Ramanujan recorded many of his mathematical discoveries in notebooks without providing proofs. Although many of his results were already in the literature, more were not. Almost a decade after Ramanujan's death in 1920, GN Watson and BM Wilson began to edit his notebooks, but never completed the task. A Photostat edition, with no editing, was published by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay in 1957. This book is the second of four volumes devoted to the editing of Ramanujan's Notebooks. Part I, published in 1985, contains an account of Chapters 1-9 in the second notebook as well as a description of Ramamnujan's second notebook. If a result is known, we provide references in the literature where proofs may be found; if a result is not known, we attempt to prove it. Not only are the results fascinating, but, for the most part, Ramanujan's methods remain a mystery. Much work still needs to be done. We hope readers will strive to discover Ramanujan's thoughts and further develop his beautiful ideas.

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