Unlike mathematicians in the West who were trained to systematically prove each of their theorems, with extensive workings, Srinivasa Ramanujan was a man of intuition.
Carina Letong Hong from Guangzhou, China, is a winner of the Rhodes Scholarship (China Constituency). As a Rhodes Scholar, she will pursue graduate studies in mathematics at Oxford University. At MIT, Hong is a junior double-majoring in mathematics a
The greatness of Srinivasa Ramanujan
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December 22, 2020 13:29 IST
His works were diverse, original and transcended time; and all this while he surmounted many odds
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His works were diverse, original and transcended time; and all this while he surmounted many odds
“In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be” - ‘The Noble Nature,’ Ben Jonson
In April 1984, when he read the letter thanking him for contributing to a bronze bust in memory of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, Takashi Ono was moved to tears. The letter was from Janaki Ammal, Ramanujan’s wife. From first hearing about Ramanujan in Tokyo in 1955 from the mathematician Andre Weil and having Ramanujan as an inspiration and then to being one of the few mathematicians in the world to fulfil the wish of Janaki Ammal that a statue of her husband be made, life had come a full circle for Takashi.