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On Ramanujan’s 133rd Birth Anniversary: Famous constants related to Srinivasa Ramanujan

On Ramanujan’s 133rd Birth Anniversary: Famous constants related to Srinivasa Ramanujan

1. Almost Integer (Ramanujan’s Constant) Ramanujan’s constant is the transcendental number , which is an almost integer, in that it is very close to an integer: This number was discovered in 1859 by the mathematician Charles Hermite. In a 1975 April Fools Day article in the Scientific American magazine,

National Mathematics Day in India: Challenges, Delivery and Roadmap

National Mathematics Day

National Mathematics Day in India: Challenges, Delivery and Roadmap

In 2012, the then Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh declared it to be the National Year of Mathematics and every year December 22nd, the birthday of the Indian mathematical genius S. Ramanujan to be celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India. It has been now 5 years since the

Ramanujan and More: A conversation with Ken Ono

Ramanujan 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 speaks about his interest

In Conversation with Prof. Ken Ono

In Conversation with Prof. Ken Ono

As part of the National Mathematics Day 2014 on 22nd December, Gonit Sora (https://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

Ambat Vijayakumar: Ramanujan and his legacy

As part of the National Mathematics Day, we (Gonit Sora, Gyanome and Sciensation Media) organised a series of talks by eminent mathematicians. The other videos have been posted here. This is the final video of that series. Ambat Vijayakumar is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics ,Cochin University of

Chandan Singh Dalawat: One Hundred years of Ramanujan's Tau

Chandan Singh Dalawat

Chandan Singh Dalawat: One Hundred years of Ramanujan's Tau

As part of the National Mathematics Day, we (Gonit Sora, Gyanome and Sciensation Media) organised a series of talks by eminent mathematicians. The other videos have been posted here. Chandan Singh Dalawat grew up in rural Rajasthan and went to Sainik School, Chittorgarh. He did his doctorate in pure mathematics

On Ramanujan and personal reminiscences by M. S. Raghunathan

On Ramanujan and personal reminiscences by M. S. Raghunathan

As part of the National Mathematics Day, we (Gonit Sora, Gyanome and Sciensation Media) organised a series of talks by eminent mathematicians. The first two have been posted here. Professor M. S. Raghunathan is currently the Head of the National Centre for Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Formerly, he

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The unreasonable ubiquity of mathematics: Sujatha Ramdorai

As part of the National Mathematics Day, we (Gonit Sora, Gyanome and Sciensation Media) organised a series of talks by eminent mathematicians. Here we have a talk by Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai. Image Source : Shutterstock Prof. Sujatha Ramdorai was a professor of mathematics at TIFR, Mumbai and currently holds a Canada

National Mathematics Day: Conversation with Prof. Ken Ono

On the occasion of National Mathematics Day 2014, we had a conversation with Prof. Ken Ono, Professor of Mathematics at Emory University, USA. Prof. Ono is a world renowned number theorist and is an expert on the work of Ramanujan. For Gonit Sora, Manjil P. Saikia took part in the

National Mathematics Day

National Mathematics Day

National Mathematics Day

Exactly three years ago, on 22nd of December 2011 the then PM of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh announced in a major event at the University of Madras that 22nd of December would be celebrated as National Mathematics Day in India and 2012 as National Mathematics Year. This announcement came on