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Hardy and Ramanujan

Hardy and Ramanujan. A Math Made In Heaven. Two Famous Mathematicians. G.H. Hardy (1877-1947) Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 – 1920) (in Tamil: சீனிவாச இராமானுஜன் ) The following is a fictionalized account of their first meeting. Hardy and Ramanujan.

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Hardy and Ramanujan

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  1. Hardy and Ramanujan A Math Made In Heaven

  2. Two Famous Mathematicians • G.H. Hardy (1877-1947) • Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887 – 1920) (in Tamil: சீனிவாச இராமானுஜன்) • The following is a fictionalized account of their first meeting

  3. Hardy and Ramanujan

  4. A Steamer Like The One That Might Have Brought Ramanujan to England

  5. Prime Numbers • Hardy and Ramanujan’s work often pertained to prime numbers • A prime number has two factors: 1 and itself • The first several primes are:2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37. . .

  6. π(x) is the number of prime numbers less thanx How Many Primes? π(1000) = 168 means there are 168 primes less than 1000 Note: the π in π(x) isn’t related to the π in C= πd

  7. Is There a GreatestPrime Number? • Euclid (born about 300 BC) proved that the number of primes is infinite • Euclid’s proof uses nothing more than 5th grade math Euclid Image from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Euklid-von-Alexandria_1.jpg

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