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Suffice to say that as a boy he refused to learn anything but mathematics, he was almost entirely self taught and his pre-Cambridge work is contained in a series of Notebooks. To avoid having to issue spoiler alerts, I will not tell much of Ramanujan’s story here. H.) Hardy (1877–1947) and his great collaborator John E. But in one of the most extraordinary events in mathematical history, he spent the period of World War I in Trinity College Cambridge at the invitation of the leading British mathematician Godfrey Harold (G. Ramanujan (1887–1920) was born and died, aged just 32, in Southern India. (I shall say more about the other romantic later.)

#RAMANUJAN THE MAN WHO KNEW INFINITY MOVIE MOVIE#

Trailer and movie times available here.The movie The Man Who Knew Infinity is about Srinivasa Ramanujan, who is generally viewed by mathematicians as one of the two most romantic figures in our discipline. If my brief foray into movie-reviewing has convinced you, check out the new Ramanujan movie in more detail at ! This is an independent film playing select theatres, so be sure to see it while it lasts. (Indeed, the movie was written with input from actual number theorists – Professors Ken Ono and Manjul Bhargava!) In addition to superb acting (I cannot stress how much I enjoyed Jeremy Irons’ performance), “The Man Who Knew Infinity” manages to capture the spirit of Ramanujan’s work and genuinely intertwine it with the human element of the story in a way that is accessible but still not watered-down. One of the great selling points of the movie is that its discussion of both mathematics and the mathematical process feels deeply authentic, with the contrived presentation of mathematics often found in popular science movies kept to a comparative minimum. It is unclear how Ramanujan, especially with no formal training, could have possibly anticipated several decades of work carried out by number theorists over half a century after his time.

Nevertheless, Hardy recognized Ramanujan’s genius, and indeed the significance of many of their discoveries is only being understood and explored today. This often infuriated Hardy, who insisted on a more rigorous approach. Ramanujan, who many biographers describe as devoutly orthodox, often simply wrote down fantastic identities and formulas without formal proof, claiming that he had been inspired by religious figures in his dreams. Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons do a stellar job of capturing the friction and mathematical differences between Ramanujan and his mentor Hardy.

After reading some of Ramanujan’s theorems, Hardy is famously quoted as saying: “They must be true, because, if they were not true, no-one would have the imagination to invent them.”Īfter overcoming the objections of his parents, Ramanujan sailed to Cambridge, where the movie really picks up. Hardy, one of the pre-eminent mathematicians of the era. Although initially viewed as a crank, Ramanujan’s work caught the eye of G. Despite the fact that he had little to no formal training, during these years he continued doing independent research in mathematics, and eventually managed to send samples of his results to the leading mathematicians of England at the time. Without a degree, Ramanujan had to endure several years of extreme hardship and poverty before finding a stable job. Although he excelled in mathematics from a young age, Ramanujan did poorly in other subjects while in college (presumably because he spent all his time focusing on math) and eventually dropped out. Read on for more details!īorn in India in 1887, Ramanujan’s story is one of the most intriguing and famous stories in all of mathematics, not least because of his unusual mathematical style.

I had the good fortune to be able to attend an advance showing of the movie with several other graduate students, and it was a great experience. Starring some serious screen talent – including Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons – “The Man Who Knew Infinity” chronicles Ramanujan’s life and mathematical talents, mainly focusing on his time spent in Cambridge and his relationship with his mentor, G. Hi! For this post, I thought I would take a break from posting math riddles and take a brief moment to draw your attention to an exciting new movie premiering in the United States this week – “The Man Who Knew Infinity”, a biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan directed by Matthew Brown, based on the book of the same name by Robert Kanigel.