Wishing a Happy Birthday to the extraordinary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (22 Dec 1887 – 26 Apr 1920).
"Despite having almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable."
Check out this earlier thread for Ramanujan's intriguing infinite series for π, which accurately produces the first ~8n digits of the value of π when summing n terms in the series.
Here is the trailer of the movie "The Man Who Knew Infinity," the 2015 British biographical drama film about Ramanujan, based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel.
Ramanujan credited his mathematical acumen to his family goddess, Namagiri Thayar (Goddess Mahalakshmi) of Namakkal.
He often said, "An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God."
In this riveting scene from the film "The Man Who Knew Infinity," Hardy eloquently connects mathematics with spirituality while nominating Ramanujan as a Fellow of the Royal Society and of Trinity College.
Here is the full movie "The Man Who Knew Infinity" on Ramanujan's life on YouTube. Free with ads.
@AkaSci The NOVA Documentary on Srinivasa Ramanujan (1988)
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