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Author(s): George E. Andrews and Bruce C. Berndt
Title: Ramanujan's lost notebook, Part I
Additional book information: Springer, New York, 2005, xiv+437, US$89.95, 0-387-25529-X

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Additional Information:

Reviewer(s):
David M. Bressoud
Affiliation: Macalester College
Email: bressoud@macalester.edu

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 43 (2006), 585-591.

MSC (2000): Primary 11Fxx; Secondary 11A55, 11P55, 11P82, 11P83, 33D15
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-06-01110-4
PII: S 0273-0979(06)01110-4
Posted: April 20, 2006
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
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