Ramanujan's Notebooks Part II

1989
ISBN: 978-0-387-96794-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1550 g

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, G.N. Watson and B.M. 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'sNotebooks. Part I, published in 1985, contains an account of Chapters 1-9 in the second notebook as well as a description of Ramanujan's quarterly reports. In this volume, we examine Chapters 10-15 in Ramanujan'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 remaina mystery. Much work still needs to be done. We hope readers will strive to discover Ramanujan's thoughts and further develop his beautiful ideas.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berndt, Bruce C.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Algebra
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Diskrete Mathematik, Kombinatorik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

10 Hypergeometric Series, I.- 11 Hypergeometric Series, II.- 12 Continued Fractions.- 13 Integrals and Asymptotic Expansions.- 14 Infinite Series.- 15 Asymptotic Expansions and Modular Forms.- References.

Über Autor(innen)

Berndt, Bruce C.
Bruce C. Berndt is currently a professor of mathematics at the University of Illinois.