The man who knew Infinity : a life of the genius, ramanujan

By:

Kanigel, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Manipal Abacus 1991Description: 438pISBN:

9780349104522

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

510.92 KAN

Summary: The tale of a relationship between a young Indian mathematics genius, Ramanujan, and his tutor at Cambridge University, G.H. Hardy, in the years before World War I. Through their eyes the reader is taken on a journey through numbers theory. Ramanujan would regularly telescope 12 steps of logic into two - the effect is said to be like Dr Watson in the train of some argument by Sherlock Holmes. The language of symbols and infinitely large (and small) regions of mathematics should be rendered with clarity for the general reader.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Mathematics	510.92 KAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	03/11/2024	000620

Browsing Plaksha University Library shelves, Collection: Mathematics Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	510.7 POL How to solve it : a new aspect of mathematical method	510.9 DUN Journey through genius : the great theorems of mathematics	510.92 COP The Turing guide	510.92 KAN The man who knew Infinity : a life of the genius, ramanujan	510.92 KAN The man who knew infinity: a life of the genius Ramanujan	510.922 BEL Men of Mathematics : the lives and achievements at the Great mathematicians from Zeno to Poincare	511 LIU Elements of discrete mathematics	Next

The tale of a relationship between a young Indian mathematics genius, Ramanujan, and his tutor at Cambridge University, G.H. Hardy, in the years before World War I. Through their eyes the reader is taken on a journey through numbers theory. Ramanujan would regularly telescope 12 steps of logic into two - the effect is said to be like Dr Watson in the train of some argument by Sherlock Holmes. The language of symbols and infinitely large (and small) regions of mathematics should be rendered with clarity for the general reader.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.