If z= —1, (5) reduces to Copson's series. Ramanujan's approximation for S„(l) is, in view of (5), a considerably more singular result than it would otherwise appear. References 1. E. T. Copson, An approximation connected with e~x, Proc. Edinburgh Math. Soc. (2) 3 (1932-33), 201-206. 2. S. Ramanujan, Collected papers, p. 26, Cambridge, 1927. 3. G. Szegö, Über einige von S. Ratnanujan gestellte A...