A Canticle for Ramanujan

Pure mathematics is the abstract science of number, quantity and space. [...]the branch of mathematics known as "number theory," where Ramanujan rules supreme, was once considered one of the most "useless," but now plays a vital part in computer encryption systems. While Germany,...

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Published inEconomic and political weekly
Main Author Krishnaswamy, Arvind
Format Journal Article Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mumbai Athena Information Solutions Pvt. Ltd 19.11.2016
Subjects
Addition & subtraction
Applied mathematics
British Empire
Feynman, Richard P
Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946)
Mathematicians
Movies
Numbers
Patel, Dev
Ramanujan, Srinivasa
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William (1872-1970)
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861-1941)
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (1889-1951)
United Kingdom
Mumbai India
United Kingdom > UK
England
Australia
France
Germany
India
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Summary:Pure mathematics is the abstract science of number, quantity and space. [...]the branch of mathematics known as "number theory," where Ramanujan rules supreme, was once considered one of the most "useless," but now plays a vital part in computer encryption systems. While Germany, France and Britain contributed to the bulk of mathematical knowledge from the 17th to the 20th century, other countries were making fast inroads into the field of applied mathematics-but pure mathematics was still the last bastion of the West.
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ISSN:0012-9976