The letter that revealed Ramanujans genius
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Ramanujan was a self-taught Indian mathematician who travelled to England to work with professor G H Hardy after sending him a letter describing some of his remarkable ideas. In this video we take a look at that letter and at Hardy's initial response. • Further reading/watching: • Making sense of 1+2+3+... = -1/12: • Ramanujan: Making sense of 1+2+3+... ... • YouTube Ramanujan documentary: • Ramanujan: Letters • Wolfram blog: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2... • The distribution of prime numbers: / the-riemann-hypothesis-explained • A Gentle Introduction to Analytic Continuation: / a-gentle-introduction-to-analytic-continua... • Images of Ramanujan's letter (on Twitter): / 1255366474467770369 • A recent movie about Ramanujan is 'The man Who Knew Infinity' directed by Matthew Brown • 0:00 - Intro • 1:03 - Ramanujan's letter • 8:56 - Hardy's reply • 11:22 - Patron Cat of the Day • Hardy's reply letter is taken from 'Ramanujan, letters and commentary' - Bruce C. Burndt Robert A. Rankin. Ramanujan's original letter is from the Cambridge University Archive. • Subscribe to my channel to see more videos like this: / tibees • Support me with a monthly donation on Patreon and receive a gift from me and access to my podcast: / tibees • Buy me a coffee (one-off donation): https://ko-fi.com/tibees • Website: https://tobyhendy.com/ • TikTok: / tibees • Twitter: / tobyhendy • End music: Gymnopedie - Satie • β¨ Music: Reconcile - Peter Sandberg • My fountain pen: https://amzn.to/338otuw
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