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This is a review of the book “Ramanujan: Letters and Commentary” by Bruce Berndt and Robert Rankin, which analyzes in detail from a mathematical, historical, and social point of view, letters written to, from and about Ramanujan.
This article is a review of the book Ramanujan: Letters and Commentary by Bruce C. Berndt and Robert A. Rankin, American Mathematical Society, London Mathematical Society, History of Mathematics Series, Vol. 9 (1995). This review also appeared in The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 103, Oct. 1996, pp. 708–713. © 1996 Mathematical Association of America. All rights reserved.
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Alladi, K. (2013). A Review of “Ramanujan: Letters and Commentary”. In: Ramanujan's Place in the World of Mathematics. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0767-2_21
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