Ramanujan’s Last Letter to Hardy

George E. Andrews and Bruce C. Berndt
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George E. Andrews: The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Mathematics
Bruce C. Berndt: University of Illinois, Department of Mathematics

Chapter 14 in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook, 2018, pp 311-320 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Ramanujan’s last letter In one of the most enigmatic, important, and influential mathematical letters in the history of mathematics, written to Hardy on January 12, 1920, Ramanujan mistily described his theory of mock theta functions. For nearly a century, mathematicians have been attempting to penetrate into the meanings of the letter’s assertions. Although enormous progress has been made in fitting Ramanujan’s claims into contemporary mathematics, a dark curtain has not allowed us to view what is really on stage, i.e., Ramanujan’s thoughts behind his discoveries.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-77834-1_14

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