Bruce C. Berndt : Ramanujans Life, His Earlier Notebooks and His Lost Notebook
Ramanujan was born in southern India in 1887 and died there in 1920 at the age of 32. He had only one year of college, but his mathematical discoveries, made mostly in isolation, have made him one of the 20th and 21st centuries' most influential mathematicians. An account of Ramanujan's life will be presented. Most of Ramanujan's mathematical discoveries were recorded without proofs in notebooks, and a description and history of these notebooks will be provided. In 1976, George Andrews found Ramanujan's "lost notebook" in the library at Trinity College, Cambridge. A history and description of this lost notebook will also be provided. The lecture will be accompanied by photographs of Ramanujan, his home, his school, his notebooks, and those influential in his life, including his mother and wife Janaki.
- Category: Presentations
- Duration: 01:44:36
- Date: October 22, 2015 at 4:25 PM
- Tags: seminar, PLUM Lectures
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