Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Math Is Still Catching Up to the Mysterious Genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Born poor in colonial India and dead at 32, Ramanujan had fantastical, out-of-nowhere visions that continue to shape the field today.
Very interesting read despite not knowing any advanced maths.
So my question(s) to mathematicians is: What does knowing these connections do for the field? What kind of things will this lead to? Feel free to speculate or give examples of other seemingly-small math discoveries that led to modern technology!
I don't mean that dismissively, I just don't understand why this is so important because the implications are beyond my skillset
Number Theory, the field where Ramanujam had bigger impact, used to be pure mathematics, with no expected use and basically a hobby for mathematicians, is the base of modern encryption and without it the internet as we know it couldn't exist.
Check out the movie "The Man Who Knew Infinity" for a dramatization.
Great read, thank you