The Mathematician Who Tried to Convince the Catholic Church of Two Infinities

In the late 19th century, Georg Cantor believed his new theory could help the Church understand the infinite nature of the ...
New Scientist

We're still untangling Ramanujan's mathematics 100 years after he died

SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN was a mathematician like no other. He had almost no formal training yet produced some of the most stunning mathematical results of all time. This month marks the 100th anniversary ...
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The secret behind 1729: GH Hardy, Ramanujan and the world's most interesting number

The number 1729 may look ordinary, but a casual remark by Srinivasa Ramanujan turned it into a mathematical legend, ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan

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In Ramanujan’s 111-year-old formula, IISc paper finds links with black holes & quantum theory

Ramanujan's formula, derived by the mathematician in 1914 when quantum theory hadn't been formulated fully, provides a faster ...
JSTOR Daily

Some Modular Identities of Ramanujan useful in Approximating π

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract We show how various modular identities due to Ramanujan may be used to produce simple high order approximations to π. Various specializations ...
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ON A ROGERS-RAMANUJAN TYPE IDENTITY FROM CRYSTAL BASE THEORY

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Abstract We refine and generalise a Rogers-Ramanujan type partition identity arising from crystal base theory. Our proof uses the variant of ...