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On the power series coefficients of certain quotients of Eisenstein series
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Abstract:

In their last joint paper, Hardy and Ramanujan examined the coefficients of modular forms with a simple pole in a fundamental region. In particular, they focused on the reciprocal of the Eisenstein series $E_6(\tau )$. In letters written to Hardy from nursing homes, Ramanujan stated without proof several more results of this sort. The purpose of this paper is to prove most of these claims.
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Additional Information
  • Bruce C. Berndt
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801
  • MR Author ID: 35610
  • Email: berndt@math.uiuc.edu
  • Paul R. Bialek
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Trinity International University, 2065 Half Day Road, Deerfield, Illinois 60015
  • Email: pbialek@trin.edu
  • Received by editor(s): September 30, 2000
  • Received by editor(s) in revised form: June 1, 2003
  • Published electronically: June 9, 2005
  • Additional Notes: The first author’s research was partially supported by grant MDA904-00-1-0015 from the National Security Agency.
  • © Copyright 2005 American Mathematical Society
    The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication.
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 357 (2005), 4379-4412
  • MSC (2000): Primary 11F30, 11F27, 33E05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-05-03947-4
  • MathSciNet review: 2156715