vrus Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 There was an Indian mathematician who lived in the first 25 years of 1900 and a few years before that. His name was Srinivasa Ramanujan said to be the 'Man who knew infinity !'. He was a genius, and went to England to continue his work after being invited there by another good mathematician called Hardy. He did a lot of work but died early due to his religious practices that led to very little edible food. He bacame a fellow of the Royal Society ! But the last thing he gave to the world before passing away was something called 'Mock Theta Functions'. Any idea what that is ? Mathematicians today are still baffled by what he did. There is very little on him on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyssia Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 I don't know if you've already found it, but there's a MathWorld article on mock theta functions here. At the bottom there's also a fair-sized list of references if you want to learn some more. hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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