The man who knew infinity
The world celebrates the 120th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the math genius today (December 22)!
Quoting wikipedia:
- Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3900 results (mostly identities and equations) during his short lifetime
- Ramanujan's formulae have found applications in the field of crystallography and in string theory
- Mr. Ramanujan's methods were so terse and novel and his presentation so lack in clearness and precision, that the ordinary [mathematical reader], unaccustomed to such intellectual gymnastics, could hardly follow him
- Ramanujan is generally hailed as an all time great, like Euler, Gauss or Jacobi, for his natural mathematical genius
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Posted by Biraj on December 28, 2007 at 08:30 AM IST #
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Posted by Vasanth Vaidyanathan on December 28, 2007 at 01:09 PM IST #
hi
i've searched for this book since last year. i wonder if u have the e-book ???? i'm really interested to read it.tnx
i mean "The Man Who Knew Infinity"
Posted by mina on January 06, 2008 at 07:37 PM IST #
tnx
Posted by mina on January 06, 2008 at 07:39 PM IST #
I am not sure if there is an e-book. But I really recommend the real book. It is certainly worth adding to your library.
Posted by Vasanth Vaidyanathan on January 07, 2008 at 08:27 AM IST #
Simply awesome.Perhaps Nagesh Kukunoor should make a film like the Nash one about Ramanujan.
Posted by Subramaniam on April 08, 2008 at 02:05 PM IST #
Make an intrest in maths and then in any subjects but maths is for ever its my favarate subject
Posted by HARI.ANOOSH on December 24, 2008 at 06:13 PM IST #