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.




Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested By His Life and Work. Formal education At the age of 12, Ramanujan is said to have worked out the properties of arithmetical, geometrical and harmonic progressions. Once a senior Partly due to his pre-occupation with researches into mathematics, he neglected the study of other subjects. Providence, Rhode Island: American Mathematical Society. In his biography of Ramanujan Robert Kanigel describes that by the time he was eleven ``his classmates were coming to him for help'', a year later he was ``challenging his teachers'' and by the time he was thirteen her had mastered S.L. Ramanujan.Twelve.Lectures.on.Subjects.Suggested.by.His. Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work. The first was the result of an astounding piece of mathematics by Ken Ono and his colleagues on the theory of partitions, bringing to a conclusion some of Ramanujan's most interesting work in number theory. In these lectures, I will present an account of his romantic life, provide a few glimpses into his mathematics and relate the increasing interest in his work and its relevance even today. Hardy and Ramanujan weren't just mathematical collaborators, they were also great friends.