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Ramanujan’s enigmatic formula for the harmonic series

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We give a natural derivation of a formula of Ramanujan, described by B.C. Berndt as “enigmatic”, for the harmonic series.

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  1. Berndt, B.C.: Ramanujan’s Notebooks, Part V. Springer, Berlin (1998)

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  2. Ramanujan, S.: Notebook II. Narosa, New Delhi (1988)

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  1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, UNSW, Sydney, 2052, Australia

    M. D. Hirschhorn

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Hirschhorn, M.D. Ramanujan’s enigmatic formula for the harmonic series. Ramanujan J 27, 343–347 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-011-9322-1

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