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Srinivasa Ramanujan

The self-taught genius from Kumbakonam: his 1913 letter to G. H. Hardy, Cambridge years, partitions, the taxicab number 1729, infinite series for π, mock theta functions, the 'lost notebook', and the mystery of intuition.

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Why Does Ramanujan, "The Man Who Knew Infinity," Matter? - Professor Ken Ono University of Alabama Libraries · 69 min
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Prereqs: Number theory basics; Euler. Next: Hilbert; Gödel. Sources: Robert Kanigel, *The Man Who Knew Infinity* (1991); G. H. Hardy, *A Mathematician's Apology*; Ken Ono lectures.
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