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# Ramanujan-type formulae for 1/pi: a second wind?

@article{Zudilin2008RamanujantypeFF,
title={Ramanujan-type formulae for 1/pi: a second wind?},
journal={arXiv: Number Theory},
year={2008},
pages={179-188}
}
• W. Zudilin
• Published 9 December 2007
• Mathematics
• arXiv: Number Theory
In 1914 S. Ramanujan recorded a list of 17 series for 1=…. We survey the methods of proofs of Ramanujan’s formulae and indicate recently discovered generalisations, some of which are not yet proven. Let us start with two signiflcant events of the 20th century, in the opposite historical order. At flrst glance, the stories might be thought of a difierent nature.
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