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An identity related to the series $\sum_{n\geq 0}p(5n+4)x^n$ in Ramanujan's lost notebook
While browsing through Ramanujan's original manuscript titled "The Lost Notebook" (the link is a PDF file with 379 scanned pages, so instead of a click it is preferable to download) I found ...
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Proving that odd partitions and distinct partitions are equal
I am working through The Theory of Partitions by George Andrews (I have the first paperback edition, published in 1998).
Corollary 1.2 is a standard result that shows that the number of partitions of $...
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Evaluate $ \frac{1}{(q)_\infty} \sum_{m \in \mathbb{Z}} q^{\frac{m^2}{2}} (-q^{-\frac{1}{2}}x)^m y^m(q^{1-m}y^{-1};q)_\infty $
This identity is taken from a physics paper [1] stated without proof, on page 43.
$$ \frac{1}{(q)_\infty} \sum_{m \in \mathbb{Z}} q^{\frac{m^2}{2}} (-q^{-\frac{1}{2}}x)^m y^m(q^{1-m}y^{-1};q)_\infty
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Elementary proof of Ramanujan's "most beautiful identity"
Ramanujan presented many identities, Hardy chose one
which for him represented the best of Ramanujan. There are many proofs for this identity.
(for example, H. H. Chan’s proof, M. Hirschhorn's proof....
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