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Ramanujan’s tau function satisfies a recurrence for each prime p. Elementary proofs for \(p = 2, 3, 5\) and 7, using identities obtained in earlier chapters, are given.
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Hirschhorn, M.D. (2017). Ramanujan’s Tau Function. In: The Power of q. Developments in Mathematics, vol 49. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57762-3_43
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