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The letters that Ramanujan wrote to G. H. Hardy on January 16 and February 27, 1913, are two of the most famous letters in the history of mathematics. These and other letters introduced Ramanujan and his remarkable theorems to the world and stimulated much research, especially in the 1920s and 1930s. This book brings together many letters to, from, and about Ramanujan. The letters came from the National Archives in Delhi, the Archives in the State of Tamil Nadu, and a variety of other sources. Helping to orient the reader is the extensive commentary, both mathematical and cultural, by Berndt and Rankin; in particular, they discuss in detail the history, up to the present day, of each mathematical result in the letters. Containing many letters that have never been published before, this book will appeal to those interested in Ramanujan's mathematics as well as those wanting to learn more about the personal side of his life. Ramanujan: Letters and Commentary was selected for the CHOICE list of Outstanding Academic Books for 1996.
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Lee Gandolfi
reviewed Ramanujan on August 04, 2016 Ramanujan
I was really excited to read this book and I started off with the first section which presented surreal numbers. I even broke out the pen and paper to follow along. Unfortunately, I was lost amid the imprecise descriptions and possible errors.
Fortunately, the author had written earlier that the second part was readable without the first, and since my interest was in the applicability of surreal numbers to games, I tried that.
Unfortunately, that too did not work. The author seemed to make mistakes in his dominoes example and at no point did I feel any relevance for surreal numbers to games.
I skimmed a bit more before finally giving up.
It's a shame. I really wanted to like this book, and the subject matter might be as good as others say, but the presentation was just poor. Perhaps a solid proofing and beefing up the anemic sections might make this worthwhile.
For now, it's a poor introduction to a tantalizing subject.
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