Ramanujan - Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work (1940)
Front Cover Book Details
Author
G. H. Hardy
Genre Number Theory
Subject Mathematics
Publication Date 11/25/99
Format Hardcover (234 x 157 mm)
Publisher AMS Chelsea Publishing
Language English
Plot
Ramanujan occupies a unique place in analytic number theory. His formulas, identities, and calculations are still amazing three-quarters of a century after his death. Many of his discoveries seem to have appeared as if from the ether. His mentor and primary collaborator was the famous G. H. Hardy. Here, Hardy collects twelve of his own lectures on topics stemming from Ramanujan's life and work. The topics include partitions, hypergeometric series, Ramanujan's $\tau$-function and round numbers.

Hardy was the first to recognize the brilliance of Ramanujan's ideas. As one of the great mathematicians of the time, it is fascinating to read Hardy's accounts of their importance and influence. The book concludes with a chapter by chapter overview written by Bruce C. Berndt. In this overview, Berndt gives references to current literature, developments since Hardy's original lectures, and background information on Ramanujan's research, including his unpublished papers.

Personal Details
Collection Status In Collection
Location A06
Purchase Price $35.00
Condition Near Mint
Index 539
Owner Paulo Mendes
Read It No
Links Amazon US
Amazon UK
Powell's
Collection # 001236
Main Subject Number Theory
Secondary Subject Mathematics
Product Details
LoC Classification QA29.R3H37 1999
Dewey 510
ISBN 0821820230
Edition 03
Printing 2
Paper Type acid-free
Country USA
Cover Price $35.00
Nr of Pages 254
First Edition No
Rare No
Original Details
Original Publication Year 1940
Notes
Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1940.