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A new proof of two identities involving Ramanujan’s cubic continued fraction

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In this paper, we give a new proof of two identities involving Ramanujan’s cubic continued fraction. These identities are the key ingredients to an analog of Ramanujan’s “Most Beautiful Identity” discovered recently.

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Chan, HC. A new proof of two identities involving Ramanujan’s cubic continued fraction. Ramanujan J 21, 173–180 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-009-9203-z

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