April Fool transparencies by George Andrews, Madison, April 1, 1975
George Andrews gave an invited lecture on April 1, 1975 at the MRC
Advanced Seminar on Special Functions
(March 31 - April 2, 1975) in Madison.
He started with two transparencies headed by
Q-ANALOG OF EXTENDED MEIJER’S G-FUNCTION
and containing an extremely complicated and crazy formula.
The third transparency said:
APRIL FOOL
Below are photos of George Andrews presenting the three transparencies
(photos by George Gasper).
The full text of these transparencies is on pp. 8-9 of
Richard Askey's paper
The work of George Andrews: a Madison perspective,
Sém.
Lothar. Combin. 42 (1999), Art. B42b.
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