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SUMMARY:George Andrews (Pennsylvania State University)
DTSTART:20201119T150000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Title: <a href="https://researchseminars.org/talk/EIMINT/10/">
 How Ramanujan May Have Discovered the Mock Theta Functions</a>\nby George 
 Andrews (Pennsylvania State University) as part of EIMI Number Theory Semi
 nar\n\n\nAbstract\nThe mock theta functions made their first appearance in
  Ramanujan's last letter to Hardy.  Ramanujan explains that he is trying t
 o find functions apart from theta functions that behave like theta functio
 ns near the unit circle.  Where did he ever get the idea that such functio
 ns might exist?  Why in the world would he consider the special q-series t
 hat he lists in his last letter?  The object of this talk is to provide a 
 plausible explanation for the discovery of mock theta functions.\n
LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/EIMINT/10/
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