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We explain the use and set grounds about applicability of algebraic transformations of arithmetic hypergeometric series for proving Ramanujan’s formulae for \(1/\pi\) and their generalisations.

This work is supported by the Australian Research Council.

In memory of Herb Wilf

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Shaun Cooper for his useful suggestions which helped me to improve on an earlier draft of this note. Special thanks go to the anonymous referee for his/her indication of several places which required extra clarifications.

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  1. School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia

    Wadim Zudilin

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  1. Wilfrid Laurier University Dept. of Physics and Computer Science, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Ilias S. Kotsireas

  2. Wilfrid Laurier University Dept. Physics & Computer Science, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Eugene V. Zima

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Zudilin, W. (2013). Lost in Translation. In: Kotsireas, I., Zima, E. (eds) Advances in Combinatorics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30979-3_16

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