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Ramanujan and the theory of prime numbers

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  • Prime Number
  • Arithmetic Progression
  • Quadratic Effect
  • Bernoulli Number
  • Prime Number Theorem

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Berndt, B.C. (1989). Ramanujan and the theory of prime numbers. In: Alladi, K. (eds) Number Theory, Madras 1987. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1395. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0086402

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