Ramanujan's continued fraction
The author presents Ramanujan's beautiful work on the continued fraction \[ \frac{1}{1+}\frac{x}{1+}\frac{x^ 2}{1+}\frac{x^ 3}{1+}.... \] The paper gives some proofs but mainly centers on a presentation of Ramanujan's work as a part of history of mathematics and development of mathematical knowledge.
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3914397