Eisenstein series in Ramanujan's Lost Notebook (Q1567064)

Proofs of several identities of Ramanujan involving the Eisenstein series \(P(q)\), \(Q(q)\), and \(R(q)\) in Ramanujan's notation were first given by \textit{S. Raghavan} and \textit{S. Rangachari} [Number Theory and Related Topics, Oxford University Press, Pap. Ramanujan Colloq, Bombay 1988, Tata Inst. Fundam. Res. 12, 119-149 (1989; Zbl 0748.33013)] using the theory of modular forms. The present paper gives new proofs by classical methods that would have been known to Ramanujan.