This week I saw the film, "The Man who knew Infinity" based on the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. His was an extremely interesting story.
He is credited with several mathematical discoveries, including some that were only proven to be true, in this century. That is, almost a 100 years after he first made the claims. In his very short existence, he compiled close to 3,900 results, most of which were identities and equations.
Unfortunately the movie itself was super disappointing. It was slow, did not capture the viewers imagination and did not really give any major insights into either Ramanujan or his mentor Cambridge Professor G. H. Hardy.
Nevertheless I was once again impressed by the open mindedness of the English academic system and especially Prof. Hardy, without whom, the genius of Ramanujan and his discoveries would never have come to light.
While I don't recommend watching the film, I definitely recommend reading up on the genius called Ramanujan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan
He is credited with several mathematical discoveries, including some that were only proven to be true, in this century. That is, almost a 100 years after he first made the claims. In his very short existence, he compiled close to 3,900 results, most of which were identities and equations.
Unfortunately the movie itself was super disappointing. It was slow, did not capture the viewers imagination and did not really give any major insights into either Ramanujan or his mentor Cambridge Professor G. H. Hardy.
Nevertheless I was once again impressed by the open mindedness of the English academic system and especially Prof. Hardy, without whom, the genius of Ramanujan and his discoveries would never have come to light.
While I don't recommend watching the film, I definitely recommend reading up on the genius called Ramanujan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan
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