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Ramanujan-type formulae for $1/\pi$: A second wind?

Number Theory 2009-02-24 v2 Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

In 1914 S. Ramanujan recorded a list of 17 series for 1/π1/\pi. We survey the methods of proofs of Ramanujan's formulae and indicate recently discovered generalizations, some of which are not yet proven.

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@article{arxiv.0712.1332,
  title  = {Ramanujan-type formulae for $1/\pi$: A second wind?},
  author = {Wadim Zudilin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1332},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

13 pages; v2: two typos corrected, references updated, numeration of formulae changed to agree with the published version

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