Overview
\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bIn 1976, George Andrews of Pennsylvania State University visited the library at Trinity College, Cambridge, to examine the papers of the late G.N. Watson. Among these papers, Andrews discovered a sheaf of 138 pages in the handwriting of Srinivasa Ramanujan. This manuscript was soon designated "Ramanujan\'s lost notebook." Its discovery has been deemed the mathematical equivalent of finding Beethoven\'s 10th symphony.This volume is the\xa04th\xa0of 5 planned\xa0volumes on Ramanujan\'s lost notebook.\u200b\xa0Unlike the first 3 books, the 4th book does not focus on q-series.\xa0Most entries examined in this volume fall under the purviews of number theory and classical analysis.\xa0Several incomplete manuscripts of Ramanujan published by Narosa with the lost notebook are discussed.\xa0Three partial manuscripts are on diophantine approximation, and others are in classical Fourier analysis and prime number theory.\xa0\xa0Most entries in number theory fall under the umbrella of classical analytic number theory.\xa0\xa0Perhaps the most intriguing entries are connected with the classical, unsolved circle and divisor problems. Review\xa0of the 2nd volume: "Fans of Ramanujan\'s mathematics are sure to be delighted by this book. While some of the content is taken directly from published papers, most chapters contain new material and some previously published proofs have been improved. Many entries are just begging for further study and will undoubtedly be inspiring research for decades to come. The next installment in this series is eagerly awaited."- MathSciNet. Review of the first volume: "Andrews and Berndt are to be congratulated on the job they are doing. This is the first step...on the way to an understanding of the work of the genius Ramanujan. It should act as an inspiration to future generations of mathematicians to tackle a job that will never be complete."- Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society\u200b
