Why Does Ramanujan, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Matter?

Authors

Ken Ono, University of Virginia

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Description

Dr. Ken Ono is the Thomas Jefferson Professor of Mathematics at the University of Virginia, the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics at Emory University, and the vice president of the American Mathematical Society.He is an associate producer of the film The Man Who Knew Infinity starring Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons about Srinivasa Ramanujan, a self-trained two-time college dropout who left behind three notebooks filled with equations that mathematicians are still trying to figure out today. Ramanujan claimed that his ideas came to him as visions from an Indian goddess. This lecture is about why Ramanujan matters. The answers to this question extend far beyond the world of equations and formulas. Dr. Ono -- who specializes in number theory, especially in integer partitions, modular forms, moonshine, and the fields of interest to Srinivasa Ramanujan -- will share several clips from the film in the lecture, and will tell stories about the production and promotion of the film.

Publication Date

10-9-2019

Relational Format

presentation

Disciplines

Applied Mathematics | Mathematics

Comments

Event location: Jackson Ave Center, Auditorium A

Recommended Citation

Ono, Ken, "Why Does Ramanujan, The Man Who Knew Infinity, Matter?" (2019). Dalrymple Lecture Series. 1.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/math_dalrymple/1