It was in the year 1914 that Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan came to Cambridge with a notebook filled with 17 extraordinary infinite series for 1/π. They were not only efficient but also gave ...

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Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More ...

Ramanujan’s elegant formulas for calculating pi, developed more than a century ago, have unexpectedly resurfaced at the heart of modern physics. Researchers at IISc discovered that the same ...

The 196-page textbook – which prominently features ancient mathematics techniques and the work of several ancient Indian ...

MR. G. R. KAYE'S booklet gives a summary of the actual contents of Indian mathematical works, translations of original passages, an approximate chronology, and a bibliography. The net result of recent ...

Fresh off the success of Aamir Khan starrer “Sitaare Zameen Par,” director R.S. Prasanna is developing a biopic on legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, positioning the project as a ...

Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi) – rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits – in school, where we learn about its use in the context of a circle. More ...