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The Work of George Andrews: A Madison Perspective

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In his own contribution to this volume, George Andrews has touched on a number of themes in his research by looking at the early influences on him of Bailey, Fine, MacMahon, Rademacher and Ramanujan.

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Askey, R. (2001). The Work of George Andrews: A Madison Perspective. In: Foata, D., Han, GN. (eds) The Andrews Festschrift. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56513-7_2

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