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Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan (mastodon.social)
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Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan

https://www.quantamagazine.org/srinivasa-ramanujan-was-a-genius-math-is-still-catching-up-20241021/

Born poor in colonial India and dead at 32, Ramanujan had fantastical, out-of-nowhere visions that continue to shape the field today

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[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

The Man Who Knew Infinity is about him, I really enjoyed watching it.