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A method for proving Ramanujan series for $1/\pi$

Number Theory 2018-08-17 v4

Abstract

In a famous paper of 19141914 Ramanujan gave a list of 1717 extraordinary formulas for the number π\pi. In this paper we explain a general method to prove them, based on an original idea of James Wan and in some own ideas.

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@article{arxiv.1807.07394,
  title  = {A method for proving Ramanujan series for $1/\pi$},
  author = {Jesús Guillera},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.07394},
  year   = {2018}
}

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10 pages

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