Autore |
Alladi Krishnaswami
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Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013
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Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (178 p.)
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Disciplina |
510
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Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Number theory
History
Mathematics, general
Number Theory
History of Mathematical Sciences
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Soggetto genere / forma |
Biography
History
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ISBN |
1-283-90913-8
81-322-0767-X
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Formato |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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Nota di contenuto |
Foreword (by George Andrews) -- Preface -- Part I: Ramanujan and other mathematical luminaries -- Chapter 1: Ramanujan - an estimation -- Chapter 2: Ramanujan - the second century -- Chapter 3: L. J. Rogers - a contemporary of Ramanujan -- Chapter 4: P. A. MacMahon - Ramanujan's distinguished contemporary -- Chapter 5: Fermat and Ramanujan - a comparison -- Chapter 6: J. J. Sylvester - Ramanujan's illustrious predecessor -- Chapter 7: Erdos and Ramanujan - legends of twentieth century mathematics -- Chapter 8: C. G. J. Jacobi - algorist par-excellence -- Chapter 9: Evariste Galois - founder of group theory -- Chapter 10: Leonhard Euler - most prolific mathematician in history -- Chapter 11: G. H. Hardy - Ramanujan's mentor -- Chapter 12: J. E. Littlewood - Ramanujan's contemporary and Hardy's collaborator -- Chapter 13: Neils Henrik Abel - Norwegian mathematical genius -- Chapter 14: Issai Schur - Ramanujan's German contemporary -- Chapter 15: Robert Rankin - Scottish link with Ramanujan -- Part II: On some aspects of Ramanujan's mathematics -- Chapter 16: Ramanujan and pi -- Chapter 17: Ramanujan and partitions -- Chapter 18: Major progress on a problem of Ramanujan -- Part III: Reviews -- Chapter 19: Review of “Srinivasa Ramanujan: The Lost Notebook and other unpublished papers” -- Chapter 20: Review of “The man who knew infinity - book by Robert Kanigel” -- Chapter 21: Review of “Ramanujan: Letters and Commentary - book by Bruce Berndt and Robert Rankin” -- Chapter 22: Review of “Ramanujan: Essays and Surveys - book by Bruce Berndt and Robert Rankin” -- Chapter 23: Review of “Partitions - a play on Ramanujan” -- Part IV: Preserving Ramanujan's legacy -- Chapter 24: The Ramanujan Journal - its conception, need and place -- Chapter 25: A pilgrimage to Ramanujan's hometown -- Chapter 26: The first SASTRA Ramanujan prizes -- Chapter 27: Ramanujan's growing influence -- Index.
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