## Complex series for $$1/\pi$$.(English)Zbl 1336.11079

A method is presented that allows to prove series of complex type for $$1/\pi$$.

### MSC:

 11Y60 Evaluation of number-theoretic constants 11F11 Holomorphic modular forms of integral weight 11F03 Modular and automorphic functions 33C05 Classical hypergeometric functions, $${}_2F_1$$ 33C20 Generalized hypergeometric series, $${}_pF_q$$

### Keywords:

hypergeometric series; singular moduli; Lambert series
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