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NNadir

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1. The story of Ramanujan is one of the most amazing stories in the history of science. I once went to a lecture...

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 09:56 AM

Dec 13

...by Indian-American Manjul Bhargava, a Fields metal winner, in which he discussed the life of Ramanujan, as he was working as a consultant on the movie about his life, The Man Who Knew Infinity, based on the book of the same name which I have in my personal library, although it's been many years since I opened it.

The link refers to the lecture I attended, apparently in 2016.

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How Ramanujan's formulae for pi connect to modern high energy physics [View all] erronis Dec 3 OP

The story of Ramanujan is one of the most amazing stories in the history of science. I once went to a lecture... NNadir Dec 13 #1

I am in awe of his achievements given his background and obstacles. erronis Dec 13 #2

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