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Mordell integrals and Ramanujan's “lost” notebook

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  • Simple Polis
  • Riemann Zeta Function
  • Modular Transformation
  • Mock Theta Function

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Andrews, G.E. (1981). Mordell integrals and Ramanujan's “lost” notebook. In: Knopp, M.I. (eds) Analytic Number Theory. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 899. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0096452

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