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A new approach to Jacobi's theorems via Ramanujan's continued fractions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Chandrashekar Adiga  and
Jung Hun Han
Chandrashekar Adiga
Affiliation:
Department of Studies in Mathematics, University of Mysore, Manasa Gangotri, Mysore - 570 006, India, e-mail: c_adiga@hotmail.com, jhan176@yahoo.com
Jung Hun Han
Affiliation:
Department of Studies in Mathematics, University of Mysore, Manasa Gangotri, Mysore - 570 006, India, e-mail: c_adiga@hotmail.com, jhan176@yahoo.com
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In this paper, we show that Jacobi's two-square and two-triangular number theorems are immediate consequence of Ramanujan's continued fraction identities.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 75 - 79
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 2005

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