# Ramanujian – The man who knew Infinity

May 2016 Movie Trailer :

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# Our Daily Story #9: The Indian Clerk Mathematician

The story of Ramanujian:

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinivasa_Ramanujan

We have seen how two 19th century greatest mathematicians Cauchy and Gauss who were not helpful to two young unknown mathematicians Galois and Abel, now let’s see an opposite example — the discovery of an unknown math genius Ramanujian by the greatest Pure Mathematician in 20th century Prof G.H. Hardy.

# Maths Movie to look out for: Hollywood primed for film on Indian math genius Ramanujan

Ramanujian

Look out for this movie on Indian math genius Ramanujan starring Dev Patel from “Slumdog Millionaire”!

Ramanujan was a self-taught maths genius from India who had little to no formal education. Yet he was able to come out with stunning formulas such as this approximation for Pi:

$latex \displaystyle\frac{1}{\pi} = \frac{2\sqrt{2}}{9801} \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(4k)!(1103+26390k)}{(k!)^4 396^{4k}}$

(Reuters) – A new Hollywood film starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan will put the spotlight on the Indian math genius best known for his work on the theory of prime numbers.

Ramanujan, who died in 1920, was considered one of the brightest minds in mathematics, despite his lack of a formal education.

Patel, who caught Hollywood’s eye in 2008’s Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”, has been cast as the lead. Filming begins in September with a British actor playing G.H. Hardy, the mathematician who recognized Ramanujan’s talent and brought him to England in 1914.

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# Ramanujian Riddle

$\sqrt{1+2\sqrt{1+3\sqrt{1+\dots}}}$

Answer = 3

# Pedigree

Mathematician Pedigree: 名师出高徒
1. Littlewood-> Peter Swinnerton-Dyer
2. GH Hardy -> Ramajunian / Hua Luogeng
3. Louis Richard -> Evariste Galois, Charles Hermite
4. Gauss -> Dedekind, Riemann
5. Dirichlet -> Dedekind, Riemann
6. Charles Hermite -> Lindermann
7. Hua Luogeng-> Chen Jin-run
8. SS Chern -> Yau ST
9. Camile Jordan -> Felix Klein, Sophus Lie