Srinivasa Ramanujan - Gonit Sora

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Srinivasa Ramanujan

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Book Review: My Search for Ramanujan

Book Review: My Search for Ramanujan

Ken Ono and Amir D. Aczel’s book ‘My Search for Ramanujan: How I learned to Count’ is a memoir of Ken Ono’s mathematical journey. It is not an autobiography in the conventional sense, it is like a much needed desire to write about one’s life fulfilled. Ken

An Interview with James Maynard: 2014 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize winner

An Interview with James Maynard: 2014 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize winner

James Maynard (Photo by Eleanor Grant) The prestigious 2014 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize was awarded to Dr. James Maynard, a 27 year old mathematician from Oxford University who specializes in number theory. The prize, established in 2005, is awarded annually to young mathematicians for outstanding contributions in the areas influenced by

The Legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan

Bruce C. Berndt

The Legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematical genius born exactly 125 years ago on 22nd of December in 1887 in a little known place in India named Erode. The story of Ramanujan is well known to every student of mathematics in particular and science in general. He is India’s greatest

Srinivasa Ramanujan: Quiz

Srinivasa Ramanujan: Quiz

1. What lie did the British mathematician Hardy give to the Scotland Yard once in order to save Ramanujan from an arrest? 2. What famous inequation did Hardy give once regarding Ramanujan and another famous mathematician David Hilbert? 3. Among other places around the world what is also there at