## 31 DecMathematical Legacy of S. Ramanujan: V. Kumar Murty

Gyanome Foundation did a conversation with Prof. V. Kuamr Murty on the occasion of S. Ramanujan's birth anniversary on 22nd December, 2016. The video is shared below. Prof. Murty speaks about Ramanujan, his life and his work in this video. ...

## 05 Oct2016 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize announced

The 2016 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize was announced recently, this year the prize was awarded jointly to Kaisa Matomaki (University of Turku, Finland) and Maksym Radziwill (McGill University, Canada and Rutgers University, the US) for their "deep and far reaching contributions to several important problems in diverse...

## 27 AugThe Man Who Knew Infinity: Movie Review

It is very difficult to write an objective review when the subject is a movie based on the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Nonetheless, I shall try to give an overview of what the movie has to offer. This is a good movie; it is not...

## 20 AprApery's constant

Apery's constant is defined as $$\zeta{(3)}=1.202056\ldots$$, where $$\zeta(x)$$ represents the Euler's zeta function. First lets us define the zeta function. Zeta function is defined as $$\zeta(s)=1+\frac{1}{2^s}+\frac{1}{3^s}+\frac{1}{4^s}+\frac{1}{5^s}+\cdots,$$ where $$s$$ is a complex number. The story of Apery's constant began with the famous Basel problem and Euler's solution...

## 17 JanRamanujan and More: A conversation with Ken Ono

As part of the 2015 National Mathematics Day celebration, Gyanome did a conversation with Prof. Ken Ono which we share below. The opening remarks were given by Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai (advisor of Gonit Sora) and the questions were posed by Dilip D'Souza. Here, Prof. Ono...

## 06 DecPublic lecture by Ken Ono in Bangalore

Prof. Ken Ono is going to deliver a public lecture at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore on 17th December, 2015. The title of his talk is Ramanujan: The inspirational story and a glimpse of his mathematics. More details about his talk are...

## 25 NovWorkshop: Influence of Ramanujan in Number Theory at Tezpur University

As a part of the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), a workshop on the Influence of Ramanujan in Number Theory will take place at Tezpur University from July 25 to August 6, 2016. The speakers for this workshop will be Prof. Bruce C. Berndt...

## 25 NovAnti-Dühring: 1+2+3+4+…

Anti-Dühring is a book by Friedrich Engels published in 1878. It is a defense of Marxism from Eugen Dühring’s vision of socialism. It contains interesting scientific references as well, which is the reason I am putting a spotlight on it. First of all, it would be...

## 24 MarPi Day: Once-in-a-century Celebration (2015)

Exactly a month after the Valentine’s Day, there comes an event which is not less than Valentine’s Day for many people around the world. Those are the math-lovers. Very popularly known as the Pi Day, this day celebrates the mathematical constant $$pi$$. $$pi$$, an irrational...

## 23 FebIn Conversation with Prof. Ken Ono

[caption id="attachment_7170" align="alignright" width="320"] Prof. Ken Ono (Image Courtesy: OU Math Club)[/caption]

As part of the National Mathematics Day 2014 on 22nd December, Gonit Sora (http://gonitsora.com) in association with Sciensation Media (Pune) and Gyanome.org organised a mini web conference wherein various eminent mathematicians from India and abroad shared their perspectives on mathematics. For Gonit Sora, Manjil Saikia had a conversation with Prof. Ken Ono which we reproduce here verbatim (except for correction of slight mistakes and eliminating speech pauses, etc). The conversation was transcribed by Kritashri Sukanya and Ananya Guha.

Prof. Ken Ono is the Asa Griggs Chandler Professor of Mathematics at Emory Univesity in the USA. He is a well known number theorist and is recognised through out the world for his work related to the mathematics of Ramanujan. He has held numerous positions earlier and also serves on the editorial boards of numerous reputed journals specialising in number theory. Recently his work on mock theta functions was selected by Discover magazine as the second best scientific work of the year (2014).