Ramanujan, born in Tanjore District, India , showed mathematics ability when he was a child, but was not well educated due to poor family background. In 1904, he won a scholarship to study at Burgonham University, but failed to graduate due to partial subjects. After 1907, he tried hard to make a living, but he still studied mathematics by himself. In 1912, he published a paper "Some Properties of Bernoulli Numbers" in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society and made his mark. Later, with the assistance of friends, I wrote a letter to the British mathematician Hardy, stating his research in number theory, and enumerating the theorems and conjectures obtained in other areas. Hardy was amazed by his talent, and in 1914 recommended and funded others to study at Cambridge University. From then on Ramanujan was both a student of Hardy and a collaborator of Hardy. In the following years, Ramanu published a large number of research results, covering many fields such as prime number distribution theory, integer partitioning, elliptic functions, hypergeometric functions, divergent series, and so on
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The Man Who Knew Infinity movie plot
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Extended Reading
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Rudy 2022-04-23 07:02:55
Uncle Tie can only play some old roles...
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Wellington 2022-04-21 09:02:44
A relatively mediocre biographical work, the characters are a little thin, and the reward is that I have a little understanding of an Indian mathematician that I have never heard of before - Srinivasser Ramanujan, some calculation scenes in the film remind me I learned the pleasure of doing math problems in junior high school.
The Man Who Knew Infinity quotes
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S. Ramanujan: What you might see now is ordinary glass,
S. Ramanujan: I promise you will soon remain to see a diamond.
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S. Ramanujan: [gazing at the umbrella Hardy is carrying in full sunlight] Sir, do you know something I do not?
G.H. Hardy: [sarcastically] Apparently not!
[realizing the question referred to his umbrella]
G.H. Hardy: Oh! God and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye. So if I prepare for rain, then it won't. So far, so good.
[bellowing at the sky]
G.H. Hardy: I'm Hardy. And I'm spending the afternoon in the Wren Library!
[speaking again to Ramanujan]
G.H. Hardy: Now we're sure to have sunshine. Hmph. You see, I am what you call an atheist.
S. Ramanujan: No, sir. You believe in God. You just don't think He likes you.