Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work. G. H. Hardy

Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work


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Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work G. H. Hardy
Publisher: Ams Chelsea Pub.




The lost notebook ( just some 87 loose paper sheets , rest about Fractals were stolen) of valuable work done in India in his final year of his life, was finally found by George Andrews in 1976 in England at Wren Library of Trinity college . Hardy, Chelsea Publishing Co, New York, 1940. The Man Who Knew Infinity : A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by R. O John Littlewood, on hearing of the taxicab incident. It's a seminal work which is today considered a reference point in the study of folk-literature. He was also credited for compiling folk-tales from across the country and categorizing them according to topics and analyzing them according to the cultural milieu. 2012 has been declared as the National year of Mathematics by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh to mark the 125th Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan. The Mathematical wonder or 120 statements of theorems on infinite series, . Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on the Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work by G. The highlights of the first phase of the event were a 'hands-on art and craft' activities designed for students and teachers and also lectures on Vedic Maths. DELHI UNIVERSITY CELEBRATES MATHSGENIUS RAMANUJAN'S 125TH BIRTHDAY www.hindustantimes.com - The celebration of the 125th birth anniversary of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was kicked off at Delhi The university is holding a six-day international conference – The Legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan – which will see a number of renowned mathematicians give lectures on Ramanujan and his work. Through these She felt that the Mathematics' movement started by the organizers of the workshop would help enhance the the interest in the subject. Hardy and Ramanujan weren't just mathematical collaborators, they were also great friends. Here are a couple of paragraphs, from immediately after G.H. Hardy receives his first letter from Ramanujan in Madras, with several pages of groundbreaking mathematical proofs attached: At first glance, the complex array of numbers, letters, and symbols suggests a passing familiarity with, if not a fluency in, the language of his discipline. Then someone suggested that he must write to Prof GH Hardy . I read Robert Kanigel's "The Man Who Knew Infinity : A Life of the Genius Ramanujan" in '93, two years after it came out. 25 year old Ramanujan wrote to Hardy on 16th Jan 1913. He was honoured by the 'Padmashri' by the Government of India besides the number of accolades that he would have received during his life time. Hardy, in Ramanujan : Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work (1940) * Every positive integer is one of Ramanujan's personal friends.