Title: Ramanujan Explained 4: Entry III.16.8
Speaker: Gaurav Bhatnagar (Ashoka University)
When: Thursday, June 27, 2024, 4:00 PM- 5:00 PM IST
Where: Zoom: Write to the organisers (sfandnt at gmail dot com) for the link
Abstract
We go over many transformation formulas from the Lost Notebook which can be obtained as special cases of the formulas obtained by using Heine’s method. These are to be included as exercises in our notes.
The main topic is another transformation formula that Ramanujan found useful. This is Entry III.16.8.
This is obtained by a minor modification of Heine’s method, and an example of what Wilf called the “Snake Oil Method”, given that it is used so often to prove identities.
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