From Zhihushang to Ramanujan by accident, I learned that the "Knowing Without Edge" that made Zugberg red eyes instantly attracted my attention. As far as I am concerned, during the Ph.D., I don’t spend energy and effort to watch a movie during the day. However, when I was almost finished watching it, I had the idea of writing a film review.
The main tone presented to me in this film is that Ramanujan's racial discrimination hindered him from spreading his mathematics knowledge. With the help of Hardy, he finally achieved himself, became the Royal Academy and was recognized by Trinity College. You can savour it carefully, and feel that the elements presented are multi-faceted: 1) the meaning of the existence of belief-the conflict and reconciliation between theism and atheism; 2) affection and love-selfish and high-sounding so-called love; 3) career and family-lack Nothing; 4) Bole and luck-unique vision and attitude to follow the trend.
Ramanujan was born in the declining Brahmanism and believed in it. When Hardy asked who told you the source of these formulas, Ramanujan was silent. Hardy's early strict restraint and the racial discrimination brought about by the war made Ramanujan understand the importance of silence. He knew that Hardy was an atheist, and some explanations were unnecessary. However, when Ramanujan and Hardy jointly proved the positive number decomposition process, a certain amount of trust and dependence began to exist between each other. When Ramanujan tried to commit suicide and was rescued, he and Hardy were lying in the hospital after they met. Ramanujan said to Hardy, "Don't you want to know how I know these formulas?" "Yes" "Hardy said, "God told me, she told me in a dream, she told me in prayer, Without God, I cannot prove that these formulas are correct. Hardy added, "I am an atheist. I can't believe anything unproven, but I believe you." "This sentence hit my tears in an instant. Ramanujan has genius perception and mathematical ability, but because he can't use the traditional mathematical inference process to prove it, he will suffer discrimination in his hometown. At Trinity College Except for Hardy and most of the so-called orthodox mathematicians discrimination. Hardy did not completely trust Ramanujan at the beginning, although the main reason is that Ramanujan always uses intuition to explain the formula, but personal feelings, race and even religion Faith also has a certain influence. Ramanujan finally used his own strength to persuade Hardy. The two were in the hospital, one sitting on a chair and the other lying on the bed and smiled at each other. There was a feeling of enmity. All the unhappiness, quarrels, incomprehension and discrimination in the past are all gone, and the theists and atheists reach reconciliation and identification at this moment.
Ramanujan was lucky but unfortunate. Fortunately, he met his wife, trusted him and supported him. Unfortunately, his mother, who should have loved him most, indirectly led to the fall of this genius. The beliefs of Brahmanism made his mother say to her son, "If you want to come back, don't be affected by food outside." Ramanujan, who insists on vegetarianism, cannot eat and drink in the cafeteria in London, because the potatoes there are also made with lard. of. At this time, I hate the white classmate who broke this matter. Ramanujan was forced to buy his own vegetables and cook them in the dormitory. However, the outbreak of the war led to food shortages, and was bullied and discriminated against by white soldiers on the way to buy food and the post office. This caused Ramanujan's mentality to be out of balance and was also one of the fuse for the subsequent quarrel with Hardy. The son looked forward to his wife’s arrival, and the war could not stop the wife’s desire to find a husband. However, the lovers were blocked by the mother who should support them the most. The mother confiscated the letter from the wife to the husband, causing Ramanujan. Isolated and helpless in a foreign country, under the misery and suffering, his body began to break down. Under the influence of long-term vegetarianism and war, Ramanujan could not get enough material, began to cough, fever, turned into tuberculosis, and eventually became severe tuberculosis. In this relationship, Ramanujan and his wife finally learned that it was their mother that hindered everything, because if his wife went to London, Ramanujan would never come back. The mother's selfishness is also a weakness of human nature, and she cannot be criticized, because from the perspective of an elderly man, she does not want to be left alone at home with excuses.
Ramanujan, who first arrived at Trinity College, thought that Hardy could help him publish what he knew about mathematics. However, the reality still needs traditional proofs. Ramanujan was disappointed and frustrated. With no friends around him, Bole, who might be his guide in life, is not as supportive and approving of him as he imagined. In his hometown, there was no letter from his wife, and he felt lonely in this unfamiliar area. I guess if Hardy didn’t fully support him at the time and when the mathematicians at Trinity College denied his first researcher proposal, his wife could accompany him, care for her, and take care of his diet and body. So will this great mathematician not die at the age of 32? Will the development of the field of mathematics in academia be hundreds of years faster? Will the discovery of black holes be advanced, even some unpredictable? The new formula will be discovered. When there is no career, one cannot take care of the family; and when the career is slightly successful, the existence of the family will accelerate this achievement to become more prominent. However, the fate of a genius is always embarrassing, and it seems that it can only be achieved by suffering.
I have to talk about the old professors of Trinity College. Hardy’s existence is already an accident. This kind of challenge to traditional mathematics is unbearable. If you add a more capable young man, he will still be dark-skinned. People, it is a shame to them. Obstacle, must obstruct! This is their mentality. I think Hardy and Ramanujan represent new, innovative, and bold attackers; the old professors represent old, conservative, and silent defenders. In this game, although it has gone through ups and downs, it has survived from desperation, but the cost is also huge. A generation of geniuses is also about to die, and what follows is a series of esoteric formulas and the invisible hands behind them that promote human progress. Hardy’s existence is a vehicle to promote historical progress, to appreciate and help Ramanujan to come from the sea, and to open the door to the change of the world. Ramanujan is the tangible hand of the carrier, although he is a tangible hand on the carrier. Li opened the door, but the door was only slightly opened. Just like the wild rose that was shot down by the wind and rain before it had a complete victory, it left its strength of character but not its beauty.
I believe that there are always a small number of people in this world like Ramanujan, but most of them are old professors. If you can’t understand, please try to appreciate; if you can’t appreciate, please try to support first; if you can’t support, please remain silent; if you can’t be silent, please don’t hinder. After all, ordinary people are like you and me, unable to recognize and understand everything that happens in the world, appreciate every viewpoint and empathize with every kind of people. Some are born great, even if it takes a hundred years to show their talents. Please let them live a little bit better in this life, just like ordinary people, with dignity, can eat and wear warmth. If someone humiliates it, it is good if one does not follow the wave; if someone strikes it, stretches out his hand to stop it, that is, he is a universal man. May people have a heart of constant love, regardless of race, high or low, rich or poor, and region!
April 26, 2019 at Huayuan
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