By Krishnaswami Alladi

This ebook is a set of articles, all by way of the writer, at the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in addition to on a few of the maximum mathematicians in the course of the historical past whose existence and works have issues in universal with Ramanujan. It offers a distinct comparative examine of Ramanujan’s incredible discoveries and memorable lifestyles and of the enormous contributions of varied mathematical luminaries, a few of whom, like Ramanujan, overcame nice problems in existence. within the e-book, a few points of Ramanujan’s contributions, comparable to his amazing formulae for the quantity pi, his pathbreaking paintings within the conception of walls, and his primary observations on quadratic varieties, are mentioned. eventually, the publication describes a number of present efforts to make sure that the legacy of Ramanujan may be preserved and proceed to thrive sooner or later. hence the publication is an enlightening research of Ramanujan as a mathematician and a human being.

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