Invitation to q-Series : From Jacobi's Triple Product Identity to Ramanujan's "Most Beautiful Identity", Hardcover by Chan, Hei-chi, ISBN 9814343846, ISBN-13 9789814343848, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

The main legs of the journey Chan (mathematics, U. of Illinois-Springfield) walks fellow mathematicians through are Jacobi's triple product identity, the Rogers-Ramanujan identities, the "most beautiful identity," and Ramanujan's congruences. Among the stops along the way are a first proof via functional equation, a second proof involving Gaussian polynomials and difference equations, the evaluation of the Rogers-Ramanujan continued fraction, a remarkable identity from the Lost Not and cranks, and analytical methods of Ramanujan's congruences. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()