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Lambert series and Ramanujan

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Abstract

Lambert series are of frequent occurrence in Ramanujan's work on elliptic functions, theta functions and mock theta functions. In the present article an attempt has been made to give a critical and up-to-date account of the significant role played by Lambert series and its generalizations in further development and a better understanding of the works of Ramanujan in the above and allied areas.

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Agarwal, R.P. Lambert series and Ramanujan. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Math. Sci.) 103, 269–293 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02866991

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