Ramanujan's remarkable summation formula as a $2$-papameter generalization of the quintuple product identity

Abstract

It is well known that `Ramanujan's remarkable summation formula' unifies and generalizes the $q$-binomial theorem and the triple product identity and has numerous applications. In this note we will demonstrate how, after a suitable transformation of the series side, it can be looked upon as a $2$-parameter generalization of the quintuple product identity also.