The letter that revealed Ramanujan's genius
Ramanujan was a self-taught Indian mathematician who travelled to England to work with professor G H Hardy after sending him a letter describing some of his remarkable ideas. In this video we take a look at that letter and at Hardy's initial response.
Further reading/watching:
Making sense of 1+2+3+... = -1/12: • Ramanujan: Making sens...
KZhead Ramanujan documentary: • Ramanujan: Letters
Wolfram blog: writings.stephenwolfram.com/2...
The distribution of prime numbers: / the-riemann-hypothesis...
A Gentle Introduction to Analytic Continuation: / a-gentle-introduction-...
Images of Ramanujan's letter (on Twitter): / 1255366474467770369
A recent movie about Ramanujan is 'The man Who Knew Infinity' directed by Matthew Brown
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - Ramanujan's letter
8:56 - Hardy's reply
11:22 - Patron Cat of the Day
Hardy's reply letter is taken from 'Ramanujan, letters and commentary' - Bruce C. Burndt & Robert A. Rankin. Ramanujan's original letter is from the Cambridge University Archive.
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Timestamps: 1:03 - Ramanujan's letter, 8:56 - Hardy's reply, 11:22 - Patron Cat of the Day 🐱
Your videos are always kind of relief , just like watching cat videos!😍☺️
Please make a video on Hc Verma
@@utsabasak5897 Yes I have watched it, quite insightful
@@kingphoenixhiwatari Narendra Modi aur Amit Shah pe bhi bana de? Pathbreaking work aur samajik kaam me fark hota hai bhai...ye insaani genius jo hamare zindagi badal diye unko cover karne ka work hai...kaha newton tesla ramanujan aur kaha barahwi ka physics author !! lol
A new amazing video on indian scientist I am so happy ....create video on CV Raman too
He died at a very young age , I always imagine how much he would have contributed if he lived longer😔, huge inspiration for me
Not only for you all of Indian
Tuberculated.
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Would have probably solved the Reimann hypothesis, easily
God would not want his secret to open so soon by a great genius mathematician ramanujan sir because god speak maths
That Hardy took the letter seriously enough to reply says a lot about him. Most professors would have had a good laugh and binned it, especially considering the era.
Well said professor.
"Not peer-reviewed. Bugger off"
People used to be a lot more polite to each other by letter, it was one of the primary ways to communicate. Nowadays there is so much information (and disinformation) flying at us from every direction that I really can't blame modern professors for hand-waving away a student's ideas. Let's be honest, 99% of student ideas are ridiculous. I'm sure the high quality of the letter had a lot to do with Hardy reading it. The modern day equivalent to this would be posting these ideas on Reddit. You could get similar results in the end, I think.
Not really, the letter showed an insight that was intriguing. Sure, most letters saying they have a new idea simply don't have a new idea, but when you get many letters then you either stop reading letters completely or you skim the ones you get to see why they are wrong. When you skim and go, 'Hang on, is that right or wrong?' then you re-read the letter and pay attention. That happened here. The letter showed actual new thought, that you can't just skim over and go 'Uh-huh' then move on. Additionally: Of course he took the letter seriously, if he didn't, he would have been laughed at by his peers, something no self-respecting mathematician would suffer.
@@orionthehunter217 lets not forget that before Hardy, Ramanujan wrote to two other mathematicians who did not reply. Ramanujan was a genius and Hardy was genius enough to recognize the genius in Ramanujan
He was a perfect example of natural genius, struggled to prove the answer, but it was indeed correct...he just got their using raw intuition
There is no such thing as a natural genius… it’s a gift from God… anyone can can be given it whether you are 5 years old or 50 years old… the youngest professor in history was an Asian boy of 5 years… some of the most talented classical musicians are less than 10 years old… you cannot learn these no matter how hard you practice..
@@franceleeparis37 Yes there is. Only idiots say otherwise. No, God has nothing to do with it. No matter how hard you try, however much you practice, you will never attain the level of someone more inherently capable than you who puts in even the slightest effort. Some people are just smarter, more intelligent, and intellectually superior to you. You are too stupid to appreciate just how smart they are. That you attribute their ability to some unknown external mythical entity instead of genetics shows the limits of your intellect
@@KZheadHandlesSuckBalls I agree with you but please let's try and avoid insulting each other, it's the old trap I've learnt to avoid.
@@franceleeparis37 those who say don’t know those who know don’t say
@@KZheadHandlesSuckBalls aaah, a Neanderthal… are you still playing with your marbles..? Perhaps you can progress to shiny toys… but who cares… you know I am right and so does most of the world… so live with it…even Einstein believed it… and you ain’t no Einstein…😂😂😂
Over the weekend, I saw the movie: "The man who knew infinity." It's about the mathematician Ramanujan and it was wonderful. Two things struck me that I was not expecting: one, the amount of effort and loyalty that Hardy exhibited over Ramanujan, and two, that Ramanujan was being told, almost as a medium the great knowledge of the universe through the god Namagiri.
See Indians gave credit to everything they achieve in their life to God. This is decreasing in India but still many people believe in it. It's good. It makes you humble. Sorry for bad English 😅
Navgiri is goddess not god
First of all I have to clear that after haddapan civilization when it comes to Vedic civilization the Aarya's(people) do meditation and they gain knowledge through Sanskrit word shruti( mean listening) from Hindu gods. . . It's not fake.. our Hindu god Maa Saraswati is godess of knowledge and many more are there. It's real that many of the scriptures and Vedas ,Upanishads, Ayurveda are written from hearing from god's ❤
I just finished the movie. It's great to realize that this film was more than just about Mathmatics & geniuses...it addressed discrimination, hubris & poverty. Great actors!
“The Man Who Knew Infinity” outstanding film about this genius.
Its a very underrated film. More people should see it
@@Sanket.vjadhav from where did you get this film?? I also want to watch it?? Plz send the link if possible
@@za_waarudo I don't remember it was many years ago. However it's on youtube rn by a channel named HOLLYWOOD WORLD
@@za_waarudo it's on Netflix
m8rwa I can’t find it there
Not only a genius, he is a humble and extremely polite man, we are missing people like you nowadays. RIP Ramanujan
As an Indian, please don't say RIP to any departed (especially Indian who know the knowledge of their culture) AS NOTHING RESTS ... everything Transmigrates (Changes forms) recall 1. Law of Conservation of Mass 2. Law of conservation of Energy 3. and E=MC2 (which shows Mass and Energy are interchangeable) The whole Universe is Mass (tangible) and Energy (intangible) ... and one more thing which is beyond Mass and Energy called INCOMPREHENSIBLE (Brahm)..... All Mass and Energy originate from that INCOMPREHENSIBLE and dissolve back into THAT INCOMPREHENSIBLE Like Japanese Zen Theory ... *We are like Waves on an Ocean, having a form (and life) for a While, uness we dissolve back into the Ocean* Together, these laws becomes LAW OF CONSERVATION OF *"THAT"* Here is a VEDIC Shloka (hymn) (Something 5000 years old as per western dating, but probably much much older than that as per us Indians) ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदम् पूर्णात् पूर्णमुदच्यते | पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते || ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः || *OM* (the sound that starts the creation of each cycle of creation, where Mass (masculine) separates from the Energy (Feminine), and then meet again to make more Mass and Energy (Male or Female Offspeings..... which are formless, asexual, etc) *THAT IS COMPLETE (or Infinite)* *THIS IS COMPLETE (or Infinite)* *FROM THE COMPLETE ORIGINATES/SEPARATES THE COMPLETE (from infinite originates /separates the infinite)* *(YET) COMPLETE or INFINITE REMAINS (as complete or Infinite)* *OM PEACE PEACE PEACE* hence saying "REST" in PEACE is a misnomer as NOTHING RESTS Resting is against the Law of Nature and Universe. Please don't say RIP
My favorite Ramanujan anecdote is the following. Hardy went to visit Ramanujan in the hospital. Ramanujan was was dying. Hardy told Ramanujan that he just arrived from taxi 1729 and that is the most uninteresting number. Ramanujan immediately corrected him and said, "Oh on! 1729 is the integer which is the sum of 2 different cubes 2 different ways." 1, 12 and 9, 10
Dear noble friends, professors, students, acquaintances of this simple channel, with my respect to everyone present here; what impact would it have on the Universe of Mathematics, by stating that some numbers cited are not prime? and the Twin Cousins do not exist? two; 19; 41; 59; 61; 79; 101; 139; 179; 181; 199; 239; 241; 281; 359; 401; 419; 421; 439; 461; 479; 499; 521; 541; 599; 601; 619; 641; 659; 661; 701; 719; 739; 761; 821; 839; 859; 881; 919; 941; 1019; 1021; 1039; 1061; 1181; 1201; 1259; 1279; 1301; 1319; 1321; 1361; 1381; 1399; 1439; 1459; 1481; 1499; 1559; 1579; 1601; 1619; 1621; 1699; 1721; 1741; 1759; 1801; 1861; 1879; 1901; 1979; However, the "Rielmann Hypothesis" completely loses its strength in the theories of past times, however this prize that the Clay Institute wants to pay, will not be able to pay for an unfounded theory, since these numbers are not prime, it can totally change the history of Mathematics, bringing Innovative Mathematics to the current era, my concept of what a prime number is, I sanctioned a Law that must always be respected; for every prime number, where it will be factored from the smallest to the largest, and from the largest to the smallest only with the prime numbers themselves, so it will be considered a prime number .... follows how my thesis will be: I will multiply only with prime numbers, respecting my law: 3*5*7*11*13*17 = 255255 255255 3 85085 5 17017 7 2431 11 221 13 17 17 1 In this first example it was from smallest to largest; 255255 17 15015 13 1155 11 105 7 15 5 3 3 1 In this second example it was from the largest to the smallest, only this pattern can say that it is a prime number. Sir Sidney Silva.
When I was in 8th std, my teacher told this story. It got etched into memories forever. Thank you.
nobody noticed the two was
This story is the reason 1729 is my favorite number.
This was actually in a Futurama episode
Ramanajun was one man army in Maths, rediscovered maths discovered by others in centuries and continued on. All this in just 32 years of life. :)
you have no clue about the theory of mathematics because you haven't questioned it--- get some books
@@danielmasih7731ok 😂
His English is flawless even without a college degree. His math insight is among the top minds in human history
the college degree is about the equal of a Form IV a century ago.
@@jbas7525 what's a Form IV?
@@jehielmutia1744 its the class students enter when they are typically 15 yrs old
Indians are good at mathematics. They have mathematical mind
@@honneyykhatter do you know every indian and have you tested them thouroughly? generalisation is useless
In my opinion, Ramanujan was one of the greatest mathematical geniuses of all time. I'm still amazed at what he was able to accomplish without any formal mathematical training. It's a good thing Hardy was able to appreciate his genius and provide him with formal training. One can only wonder what else he would have accomplished if he'd lived a longer life. Great video!
He claimed his kuldevi ( hindu goddess ) taught him in dreams
That is very true. Schooling has killed all the intuition for mathematics these days everything is formula based.
why do people continue to equate math ability with genius? i've known and heard of MANY so called "math" geniuses who can't figure out that poverty has a negative effect on humanity and MUST BE eradicated. they can't even figure out that poverty is a detriment to society and there's NO excuse for its existence. i don't call that genius at all! in fact i think most of the so-called "smartest" people on earth are the biggest dolts and fools around. i contend that true genius is, more often than not, either ignored, denied, uncredited or unrecognized. there's many reasons for this; personal animosity, jealosy, apathy, political climate, economic status or simple oversight. to paraphrase a quote by john lennon - in school i was frustrated because my teachers always failed to recognized my genius. even eisnstein was completely ignored by the academics of his day. if it wasn't for Max Plank, who finally read and understood einstein's theories, einstein would probably be completely forgotten today. this has been my experience. i've discovered so-called "science" has become just as dogmatic and intolerant as any religion. i've found most acedemics fear change and new ideas. i've found most people, academic or not, steal ideas from others and claim them for themselves. this has happened to me even by my employers on several occasions. people take credit for my ideas. also, i've been generally ignored by other academics and "pundits" alike. as a historian, philospher, political scientist and economist i founded my own philosphy that challenges and contradicts the status quo. the philosophy is called "equalism" and i sent overviews of this new and innovative philosophy to numerous college dept heads and pundits throughout the country. i was ignored by EVERYONE OF THEM! they weren't even kind or civil enough to even acknowledge reciept of my correspondance. they consider me a threat to THEIR OWN STATUS! for the most part, i've found the scientific and academic community to be just as intolerant, paranoid and unresponsive to new ideas as any fascist or group of fascists.
I believe you dont know about vedic maths which is far far beyond than mere mathematics that we study today
@@cjmacq-vg8um Equalism is not a new concept, it's just another synonym of egalitarianism. Yes these concepts have been existing since time immemorial, but these ideas have no practical implications. Poverty is such a problem which cannot be solved by some sort of maths, but what we can do is increase the probabilities of social mobility, which can be achieved through laws and maths
"An equation has no meaning for me unless it expresses a thought of god." --Srinivasa Ramanujan
Devi Namagiri particularly 🙏
He wasn’t Christian but he still believe in a higher power.
@@Albundy11373Hindus too believe in God , not only christians
@@miracle3.188 I known, I do too but I don’t know which religion is the real one. The more I get into physics, the more I believe.
@@Albundy11373Narcissism much?
This woman has such a calming voice, makes me feel like everything is gonna be alright.
She puts me sleep 😴
She makes me 💧💧
well, everything ain't gonna be alright unless we ALL unite in our efforts to STOP the fascism that spreading throughout the world RIGHT NOW! don't become more complacent. become more dedicated to this cause. i contend that true genius is, more often than not, either ignored, denied, uncredited or unrecognized. there's many reasons for this; personal animosity, jealosy, apathy, political climate, economic status or simple oversight. to paraphrase a quote by john lennon - in school i was frustrated because my teachers always failed to recognized my genius. even eisnstein was completely ignored by the academics of his day. if it wasn't for Max Plank, who finally read and understood einstein's theories, einstein would probably be completely forgotten today. this has been my experience. i've discovered so-called "science" has become just as dogmatic and intolerant as any religion. i've found most acedemics fear change and new ideas. i've found most people, academic or not, steal ideas from others and claim them for themselves. this has happened to me even by my employers on several occasions. people take credit for my ideas. also, i've been generally ignored by other academics and "pundits" alike. as a historian, philospher, political scientist and economist i founded my own philosphy that challenges and contradicts the status quo. the philosophy is called "equalism" and i sent overviews of this new and innovative philosophy to numerous college dept heads and pundits throughout the country. i was ignored by EVERYONE OF THEM! they weren't even kind or civil enough to even acknowledge reciept of my correspondance. they consider me a threat to THEIR OWN STATUS! for the most part, i've found the scientific and academic community to be just as intolerant, paranoid and unresponsive to new ideas as any fascist or group of fascists.
@@cjmacq-vg8um bruh who asked this was just about her voice
@@jelmero3090 he is spamming in every comment
This guy is one of my heroes. I came across his work in the Series section of Calculus. Numbers spoke to that guy.
That's right, numbers were his friends
Ramanujan once said that his deity bleeds math. Many of great math theorems are encoded in the Vedic shlokas from India.
@@huh_wtf yes that's 101% correct my friend
Exaplain to me why the Pythagorus theorem makes sense to you
Just watched 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' no words pure genius
I can hear the music...
I watched !!
I also watched. Worth it. Really.
Me too
@@learnersassociation8522 don't put them at the same level. Shakuntala Devi was more of a fast calculator than a mathematician.
My favorite mathematician (number theorist). They made a movie about him recently (fairly decent but not necessarilly historically accurate). Better is the book about his life : "The Man Who Knew Infinity" by Robert Kanigel 😊
Excellent film! I have the book as well, but I haven't read all of it yet.
Another book. The Indian clerk by David Leavitt
S.Ramanujan was a rare gem in this world. I get very depressed when I knew his life's story, his dedication, brilliance and all prejudice and mistreat he faced in your short lifetime. I always cry when I watch that movie " The Man who knew the infinity", an unusual feeling, it's like S. Ramanujan still alive among us. Grateful Sir and all bright contribution with Mathematics. A true genius and endless gentleman! 🙏💎💎💎💎💎
Your voice should be given as an option for google assistant... It's wonderful tbh Edit: thanks for the likes!
let's start a petition to make it happen😁😁
Definitely one of the sweetest and most relaxing voices I have ever heard!
But her repeated rising inflections drive me crazy! It sounds like she's asking questions!
Yeah, the ambient is super quiet and she is basically whispering. Just like ASMR videos
it stresses me so much. my god
His handwriting is also as good as his mathematics. Like little gems and so fluent.
Yup it is becoz many civilisation use maths.
In the past we were taught about cursive so it's kinda normal
@@dylanroll5192 Yes those days handwriting was like gems
A natural genius he was. He was fortunate to have found Prof Hardy, who made no mistake in recognizing his genius and provided Ramanujam the opportunity.
This one made me cry. He lived in trilpicane near the temple. His wife led a very spartan poor life scraping a living doing tailoring for the neighbours. India gave so little for a man who delivered infinity. Sometimes a star comes along and india looks at the various earthy events but totally misses the beauty of the star that passes by.
India was occupied by the British at that time
India was under British Rule, they had crumbled Indians under their Vigorous and Harsh policies
India was occupied by english during that time.
India was under British Rule on that time but it didn't change until now. Talented people like Sir Ramanujan Struggles alot.
@@sukhdevchohan4129I agree with you
“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” ― Carl Sagan
Similar to a statement by Dickens, whose spirit whispers into the ear of the reader as he reads his work. Stephen King also said reading was mental telepathy.
@@solotron7390 I guess nothing is new under the sun. There isn't any thoughts that hasn't been already spoken. As Oscar Wilde says, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” ― Oscar Wilde
Thank you
true - but what's that got to do with Ramanujan?
True
The best type of genius you could possibly encounter is this humble type.
@Likemybutton yes, there is one in fact, Isaac Newton.
@Likemybutton There are many.. Edison, Newton, Einstein (that doesn't stop me from me liking them)
Although ramanujan wasn't actually that humble lol
@@johnmacdonald5767 Not always.. When I say not humble I don't mean rude.. I meant he was very silly..
@@LightningShiva1 silly in what way?
Tears roll down my eyes when his humble letter, connection to matha durga in relation to mathematics, acknowledgement and visibility provided by Hardy are all recited by your calm and soothing voice. I could go on and on listening to your voice! You are my "Reader"
His handwriting ... his grasp of the language, eloquent simplicity and above all his humility tells me that perhaps as time progresses we keep losing some important aspects of our education system ...
Just yesterday heard about Ramanujan, and today have this. Been good days
good timing!
Where have you been since? You are always welcome to science
Please watch the movie "The Man who Knew Infinity". The story of Ramanujan is beautifully portrayed in this movie.
@@tibees very good effort Thankyou
@@alanlowey2769 You can't compare them. I mean they were all genius in their own field Ramanujan was a genius in mathematics and Einstein was an all rounder. Their are still many theories and mysteries in science, mathematics and in this whole universe which are unsolved and these great people are working on them. I think instead of not idolising them you should be thankful that because of these legends we got to know so many things and are just sitting on homes learning them. No offense!! :) They are all different.
It's so amazing to me that still to this day, scientists and mathematicians alike are finding new ways to apply Ramanujan's work. I've read some stuff saying that some of his theorems and equations are being applied to better understand black holes and string theory! Even though he lived a short life, his work and contributions to mathematics are timeless.
True.....🙂
Right
That's the beauty of mathematics. Mathematicians create these frameworks and techniques that are so abstract, they seem useless from a practical standpoint. Then other sciences invariably catch up and they turn out to be quite useful after all.
@@polycrystallinecandy exactly
When asked how he gets these formulas for things which are not even in concepts he said "my devi bleeds mathematics"
Sir Ramanuj was a great person, The most interesting fact is, he was a self-thought mathematician. This is not less than any magic that a person who never went to any college but have extraordinary maths skills Great respect
I think all great innovators must be driven by their own curiosity. I wouldn't be surprised if the next genius physicist was self taught.
@@Heopful kinda true. Self taught people are more questioning than others. It is these questions that when someone tries to find answers that they are considered geniuses.
It's honestly miraculous that he was able to come up with these incredibly complex formulas without proof. He must have been subconsciously proving them so that the formulas would come to him as intuition which means that his brain was "hardwired" for math. I wonder what his brain looked like.
Ramanujan's work on mock-modular forms which was proven recently stumped even the guy who recently proved it. He (i forgot his name, but he was from the southern part of the US) said Ramanujan must have had an intuition about all the results that he proved, otherwise it was almost impossible to come up with the results that Ramanujan had written down. They use that kind of math for describing black holes, something that wasn't known in Ramanujan's time.
Miracle of idol worshipper
Maybe its because of something which our brain can not comprehend?
His brain was normal , he just had an access to the universe through her godess Namagiri, it's not uncommon in India for people to use their own godess for specific purposes mostly occult.
Indeed Hardy’s greatest contribution to mathematics was finding Ramanujan
I'm glad that Ramanujan found Hardy. Ramanujan could have decided not to send that initial letter to introduce himself and thus remain anonymous in poverty. I'm glad that Hardy decided to spend his valuable time investigating the claims in Ramanujan's letter and then recognize the significance of its contents.
Oh c'mon he wrote so many theorems, I would say his one of the greatest find, not the greatest one.
I was referring to Hardy’s interview response when asked what his greatest contribution to Mathematics was.
And Ramanujan greatest contribution to math was to become Hardy's Butler.
@@Summersault666 lol go read about hardy littlewood circle method. Hope your ignorance bliss ends there.
I am happy to see that Ramanujan is being given the credit he deserved. Thank you, young lady. Youi will inspire other girls to be mathematicians...
Such a genius, I wish I could do mathematics at least 20% like him , find it really tough😓
With 20 percent you will surely land as a scientist.
That's a big ask.
@@bappandi007 Sure is
@Bro thinks he can go viral same bro 😢
The part of this that confounds me the most is that nobody in British academia had the foresight to award Ramanujan a hefty pension to keep up his productivity, health, and welfare and instead allowed him to whither of disease and near-starvation while living in an austere campus dormitory. They did the same to Alan Turing too, a man who could have revolutionized and secured Britain's role as the world's leader in modern technology. The UK's status of today being 10th rank from the top in exported goods and services value is deserved.
What you mean they didn't? Ramanujan was awarded Royal fellowship. that's the heftiest of pensions for mathematicians at that time.
There's no Royal Society member pension that I know of. Membership would have opened doors to business and paid speaking opportunities if Ramanujan had the tiniest inkling of business sense-of which he had none. No, the UK government should have appointed a mentor and conservator to manage his financial affairs and awarded him lands, buildings, and titles befitting his stature. @@ajamessssss
When G.H. Hardy went to see Ramanujan ,He mentioned.... "I remember once going to see him when he was ill at Putney. I had ridden in taxi cab number 1729 and remarked that the number seemed to me rather a dull one, and that I hoped it was not an unfavourable omen. "No," he replied, "it is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways."
Have you read that in the English textbook? Don't lie tell the truth!! 😂😂
@@beactivebehappy9894 sorry brother but everything you learn is not read from textbooks... Nowadays textbooks are replaced by Google. Please take some time and google ...only 1729.. Peace✌️
Yes,cube of 10+9=1729.
@@beactivebehappy9894 I once ready m read that in my maths textbook 😂
Last line of the movie the man who knew infinity👌👌
If I've got this right, the really extraordinary thing is that he was progressing to the really groundbreaking equations using equations that, unknown to him, were already widely in use. In other words, he was using equations that he didn't realise were already discovered. In his reaction to Hardy's correspondence on all of this, he didn't indulge in self-congratulation. Instead, he was relieved that what he had discovered was provable. That's humility and it's also Feynman-level genius.
Feynman himself never thought of himself as a genius, he just thought of himself as being extremely curious about learning and teaching others. You should read "Surely you're joking Mr. Feynman". It's a fun book about his life.
I wish I had that kind of humility! Call it what you will, but very much unlike Ramanujan, for all my life I've sought for fame and widespread recognition, which I may never receive. But at least I hope I can make as much of a positive difference to this pathetic world as possible before I die!
@@vetiarvind Feynman is one of my idols, and this book is fantastic! Besides being another great genius, he had a very positive, upbeat attitude about life, which was very helpful both to himself and to others.
Not quite correct. Ramanujan at the time of the letter to Hardy was working on a mathematical concept that was not proved at the time but he had. This s why he was invited by Hardy to Cambridge! He was invited because he had something extraordinary to contribute!
@@user-cz7sb1ow5d Whereabouts did I say that he wasn't there because he had something extraordinary to contribute?
Ramanujan knew that he had little time to live so he never wasted time in prooving theorms. He was both an honest devotee and a genious mathematician.
I don't know why but this video brings me tears This genius lived only 32 years. Imagine what he would have contributed to mathematics if he lived many more years. All good people leave us early 😢
She's got the most calming and soothing voice.
you are in wrong video, you must focus on Mathematician Ramunajan
Now compare her voice to an American waman in here teens or 20s OH MY GOD STACY LOOK AT THIS!!!! SSSSSSS ITS A TATTOO ITS A KOI FISH! wtf
Yeah. I literally dozed off while she explained...
More like...oooh maahh gaawwwddd
True
I wonder how someone who was never introduced to mathematics through university could have the discipline to learn it and become a pioneer in it. Truly an inspiring person and case of true genius.
that's called pure genius
actually this could be better path for R, as he was clearly extremely creative and smart. Some universities deem discipline and obedience in much higher value than actual academic work.
The abacus.
I loved your video and I respect Ramanujan's mathematical genius very much. Even today, his works are still helping us all. Thank you for publishing this video!
Ramanujan is the God of Indian Mathematics ❤ always my inspiration
@vipinkumar8142Not sure I agree with you! Ramanujan was probably more gifted in mathematics than any other Mathematicians considering he was self taught & his work is very relevant. I find South Indians particularly good at Mathematics ( obviously not everyone but a greater proportion compared rest of India). I worked in India for 2 decades in this field & have often been amazed particularly with the Tamil community, this is a part of India that have produced & will continue to give us some spectacular geniuses.
The Man Who Knew Infinity - A great film about this man’s life. 2015, I think.
Wonderful movie
An Indian?
@@seanleith5312 yes it was genius indian.
@@032_pranjalagarwal9 What about a genius Mongolian? We Mongolians call it a genius too.
@@seanleith5312 yes he is an Indian..
I'm so glad that she's highlighting the lives and work of Indian Mathematicians, even if we Indians ourselves are not taught about it.
Dino G Oof that’s rough, but it’s kind of true.
@Dino G have u heard about APJ Abdul Kalam Sir ? Well he was from Tamil Nadu and we all as Indians love respect and adore him. And see up to him as an Idol and take inspirations from him. So stop talking BS. I am not saying that all is well between the states here in India. But we give credit to the people where it is due. I myself see Tamil Nadu as a place of our hindu cultural and religious heritage. And I wont mind at all if Tamil language becomes widely spoken language in India like Hindi and English because I know Tamil is the oldest language of Indian Subcontinent and we as Indians should respect that
You notice that she hasn’t really covered any other Indian mathematician that deeply? Ramanujan is actually quite famous. Why are Indians not taught about him? It’s kind of strange. There is even a movie made about him. This isn’t just any Indian Mathematician. He was an extraordinary one and you should’ve seen Ramanujan being covered in other math videos already. She isn’t the first one by far to cover something related to him? I don’t get your comment. A lot of math or science channels will inevitably come across him at some point.
But the shocking part is that not even his name has ever been mentioned in our school books, while we study about other mathematicians like Pythagoras and Descartes, and it's not about Ramanujan only, even other notable Indian scholars are never given credit ever.
@@pranaypandit5404 I absolutely agree to that, nice work 👍🏻
Thanks for taking out time to discuss this forgotten genius. I appreciate your way of presenting it in its most comprehensive way. Thanks again
You have to applaud Hardy for putting the conventions of the day to oneside and giving him a chance. It makes you wonder how many more poverty stricken geniuses there are out there who live and die unrecognised because of where they were born..
I suspect that out of every 100 geniuses in all fields, only about one gets recognized.
Many more geniuses are here many more geniuses to come many more come and go. There are way more geniuses out there then we think and we lost so many of them due to diseases,shootings,where they were born and many more and they were not recognized. We have many talented geniuses with a huge disadvantage due to them being raised in poverty. It is very sad, heartbreaking, and disappointing/etc and that’s why all kinds of people are trying to fix that. It’s very sad 😢 😭😭☹️😥😪😪
@@Edelinejb True there have been many, many geniuses who never made it. On the flip side though, there have also been many potential killers and tyrants who never made it!
@@dcterr1 I guess you have a point there but it still make me sad about the unrecognized geniuses
@@Edelinejb I agree, not to mention those who were only recognized after they died, such as Mozart, Van Gogh, and Turing.
"The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” --Rene Descartes
ahh ! that just tells how many books gh hardy read..
"To thyself be lifted above the sky; to thy fellow man knoweth that he be lifted above you; and lift your fellow man up above sky...and why not." Don Rickles.
To say Indian genius is like to say a Nigeria genius.
Reading Mein Kamf right now
Nice saying!
Ramanujan in 20s: Genius work without google/internet Me in 20s: Watching random videos on youtube
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Nice but why girls wear bra?
We all have our callings, often hard to find or hear, but never to be diminished. I am in my 80's and the same as you. I can't even imagine how the Internet could have helped him !
Bro try to change u can not u even every one
you know a fact... everyone is not genius back then as well compare to now
Thank you for the wonderful way you introduced and explained the letter! Ramanujan was indeed an unbelievable genius! How could anyone come up with those strange and complex results with no formal education in these stratospheric Mathematics!
The fact that Ramanujan acted against what most thought was against the odds by writing to the Professor and rolling the dice by taking a chance to change the fates. It is very admirable.
More than self-taught, the self motivation in the poverty is highly appreciable. According to an old lady of tamil culture, called Avvai, said: A hungry human losses all of his 6th senses, nearly. Thanks Tibees for bringing true geniuses. I humbly request you to publish on Maxwell, Heaviside, Dirac and S. N. Bose.
மகிழ்ச்சி அடைந்தோம்.
Ur name is good to spell
@@nithyasri2126 நன்றி!!
@@alanlowey2769 In many ways mathematics and physics are helping each other, particularly the identities. Although mathematics has no limits on assumptions, it is limited by the perception of mathematician. Ramanujan might be genius, like Euler and Poincaré, as his mathematics has high relavence with Physical entities. For instance, Ramanujan's Mock Theta functions are useful in Quantum Gravity to solve the mystery of Black hole. In this way, mathematics, proven by many, is language of universe.
@@kannadassasn Yeah , that's all true but...Problem of Quantum Gravity isn't settled yet. String theory and Loop Quantum Gravity are today's candidates , but they do not provide or tell something other than we already know !
Ramanujan had a plethora of Indian education, and he was "self-taught" only if you count by his goddess in his local temple and the fact that he pursued what he was given when no one else understood what he was saying, even his teachers and even Hardy. And it is amazing that his story ever saw the light of day considering all the rejections he had prior to Hardy and including his experiences in England.
I wish there was information on the Kerala School of Mathematics. The location of this ancient school is not very far from Erode where Ramanujan was born. If India wants to succeed, perhaps it should go back to the Gurukul model of education...
@@thendino1 sadly gurukulas Dream can't be true now .. we r fighinting against missionaries, jihadist who r ready to destroy our culture , religion .
Yeah, I am from his hometown.
@@thendino1 you r absolutely right
why do people continue to equate math ability with genius? i've known and heard of MANY so called "math" geniuses who can't figure out that poverty has a negative effect on humanity and MUST BE eradicated. they can't even figure out that poverty is a detriment to society and there's NO excuse for its existence. i don't call that genius at all! in fact i think most of the so-called "smartest" people on earth are the biggest dolts and fools around. i contend that true genius is, more often than not, either ignored, denied, uncredited or unrecognized. there's many reasons for this; personal animosity, jealosy, apathy, political climate, economic status or simple oversight. to paraphrase a quote by john lennon - in school i was frustrated because my teachers always failed to recognized my genius. even eisnstein was completely ignored by the academics of his day. if it wasn't for Max Plank, who finally read and understood einstein's theories, einstein would probably be completely forgotten today. this has been my experience. i've discovered so-called "science" has become just as dogmatic and intolerant as any religion. i've found most acedemics fear change and new ideas. i've found most people, academic or not, steal ideas from others and claim them for themselves. this has happened to me even by my employers on several occasions. people take credit for my ideas. also, i've been generally ignored by other academics and "pundits" alike. as a historian, philospher, political scientist and economist i founded my own philosphy that challenges and contradicts the status quo. the philosophy is called "equalism" and i sent overviews of this new and innovative philosophy to numerous college dept heads and pundits throughout the country. i was ignored by EVERYONE OF THEM! they weren't even kind or civil enough to even acknowledge reciept of my correspondance. they consider me a threat to THEIR OWN STATUS! for the most part, i've found the scientific and academic community to be just as intolerant, paranoid and unresponsive to new ideas as any fascist or group of fascists.
Proud to be an Indian, Jay Hind
Don't understand why why people are proud of something, when they clearly have no direct positive relationship towards the goal.
@@Jacob-nr9dn You can't understand
@@Jacob-nr9dn u r making 0 sense Don't cry 😚
@@kemoro3018 it’s a matter of pride and the connection through the land and culture.
@@Jacob-nr9dn Keep crying !! We don't care we are proud of each and everyone who contributed for our country and World !! From a labour to scientists!! We're proud of everyone
Just an amazing story. I know very little of math, but the story of a poor lad writing to an esteemed Professor at Cambridge with equations worthy of a response and moving on to becoming one of the greatest mathematicians - just blows the mind.
Ramanujan is one of my Favourite mathematician. It's a huge loss in Math that he passed away such a young age...😟😔😔😢he could become one of the Greatest mathematician of all time and give a new detection...
What do u mean by 'could' he was and will be
He definitely is one of the greatest mathematicians of all time and is ranked among the top 5's.
his story showed that being genious is not enough, as universities suffer from same problem as everywhere, that either genious is not understood or is understood and thus rejected coz it threatens both social relationship(marxist term?) and authority of contemporary science.
Great service done to the Genius by this video. I heard and read lot about his communication to G H Hardy, but always wanted to see what the original letters were. Thanks Tibees.
Lovely presentation , and the soft and gentle narrative is so refreshing.
Wait, Tibees has less subscribers than me? How is that even possible? Life is unfair! 😡
Mr. Praveen, are you a subscriber of Tibees wow, proud to be your subscriber praveen. By the way how is your Mantra Scope going, eagerly waiting for phase 2 of that Scope. Thanks a lot for Viewing my reply.
Yeah it's really surprising.
Great friend of her
Give her shoutout? Fair deal?
was Ramanujan faster then Einstein in maths?
8:50 "Every positive integer was one of Ramanujan's personal friends." Considering that there are a countable infinity of them, that would have been some Facebook profile.
"you have -1/12 friends"
Giggles
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@@jorgepeterbarton 1+2+3+.....=-1/12
"Countable infinity" seems like an oxymoron to someone like me, sat here watching yoochoob with bits of my tea adorning my vest.
Fantastic stuff Tibees. Keep up the amazing work!
What a great video! Oh my God! I did a paper in high school about Ramanujan and his Pi approximation, so this was really cool to watch.
Letter of 11 pages! Shows his generosity.
probably shouldnt have shared so many results. But then hardy wouldnt have taken notice.
He had books upon books of these results though
@@alanlowey2769 He's a number theorist. Why would he be solving these problems? Know what you're talking about.
if each page took one year to write, it would be older than his 10 year old wife
This proves that mathematic is a universal language. Remarkable!
Toby you did a great job by tracing down some memorable letters by the genius mathematician, thanks for being so enthusiastic to show us through ur platform, i obliged. I sometimes feel that in today's materialistic world, where people much interested to take selfies, trying to induce their irrevocable time into stupidity and when i see ur videos i get motivated that some people r still alive to life the real essence of life. Thanks Wasim - Dubai
Thank you for sharing these papers. Always heard of them but never seen them. Keep up the good work.
I get depressed thinking of how much more he could've contributed to the world by living longer.
Imagine how many Ramanujans are never discovered and die in oblivion.
@@chakreshsingh That's More Depressing
@@morouhisoka219 Yes, The biggest genius in this world died in a farm.
@@chakreshsingh I think if they are such genius then they must have done something remarkable on behalf of what u call them genius and if you know what remarkable things they did then how can they be undiscovered...No genius is undiscovered in the course of time if he/she has really done something...
If we can figure out what he has already written , even then we would be miles ahead.
Without any degree and mentorship his brain was on another level and that's what make him great
"We are merely the explorers of infinity in search of absolute perfection"..G.H Hardy.
Still sad to think of the loss of this invaluable gem, and what he could have done more for the world.
"Hardy came up with a scale of mathematical ability that went from 0 to 100. He put himself at 25. David Hilbert, the great German mathematician, was at 80. Ramanujan was 100. " -Britannica
Only comparable to Euler.
Hardy put Leonard Euler on the top as far as I remember and for good reasons. Euler published papers after he lost his vision on both of his eyes. Some 90 papers came after his passing away. There is no other scientist in human history to break that astounding record. Apart from the Eulers famous identity equation he predicted the 3 Lagrange points in space before him and the credit went to Lagrange after adding 2 more. Ramanujan was placed in the top 10 perhaps next to Gauss. His passing away at a very early age was indeed a very sad event due to many reasons (1st World War, his strict adherence to vegetarian food and misidentified medical diagnosis etc). Many may not be aware that his own community disowned him to the point of not accepting his mortal remains and performing ritual ceremonies simply because he went abroad crossing the ocean.
@@tdhanasekaran3536 Yes, for sure. Euler is my favorite mathematician of all time, he was so damn prolific that even now his complete work remains "undiscovered" But I was refering in the way Ramanujan did maths, that brillian intuitive mind reminds me of Euler's one. (Forgive my bad english.)
@@alanlowey2769 bro he died in a very young age. So you can't say anything that he hadn't been able to resolve it because he died on 1920 and 1921- theory of relativity was discovered by einstein And I can say he would be a revolution in mathematics because he had given the papers to hardy when he was just 20!!
What about Gauss I think he was also a great mathematician.
Ramanujan's letters are like a chess full of mathematical treasures. Inside you can find silver, gold, emeralds, rubis, diamonds, and other gems that no one has yet discovered. May his memory prevail through the centuries!
Tibees, your voice and accent is so refreshing and genuinely grounded and reeks of humility. Rise and shine Toby!
You have such a lovely voice. Despite struggling to understand even the simplest portions of this subject, the calming aspect of your videos keeps me enthralled. Thank you!
Whenever someone says a genius mathematician Ramanujan's picture comes to my mind.
To me also
he wasn't a genius like Einstein lmfao.
@blowing trees I didn't asked for your opinion. Keep your pea sized mind with you only.
@@Lmclean89 Einstein was Einstein. Ramanujan was ramanujan Both have their different way of working and thinking.
@@Lmclean89 yes he was much intelligent than Einstein.
I find Ramanujan's story interesting, inspiring, and sad. Interesting that he was able to get so far in his mathematical understanding without formal education, inspiring that he was able to find people both in India and England that recognized his genius and helped him, and sad because I gather he was quite lonely in England, hated the food and the weather, and became ill and died within a few short years.
I think that if humanity survives the 21st century, India will become the next superpower and we'll all be the better for it!
This is way over my head unfortunately but I found your video tremendously interesting and wanting to know more. Thank you so much Samsays
Your voice and presentation technique is soothing. Thank you for describing this so beautifully. Even with my limited (almost lacking) knowledge of mathematics, I loved watching the video. I will subscribe to your channel for more such fascinating content on mathematics.
Your voice is so calming, I could understand whole of engineering mathematics just by listening to you
what does that even mean
@@auravstomar7629 it means for some people calming voice helps to understand engineering mathematics? god, i wish i could understand something in whole just by listening to some type of voice.
@Karan 😂😂
@Karan Oh, so engineering math is mathematician's (or engineer's? huh...) version of butterflies in stomach. That's interesting.
That is just lust nothing more
If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is." - John Von Neumann
Nicely said and true
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I just discovered your videos and I already enjoyed so much! Thanks for the content
If he would have lived upto the age of Einstein he would have completely decoded Mathematics And the Scientists till the next two generations would have been doing his Homework as they are doing now Great respect to the Wizard of Mathematics!! The Greatest of the greats
Really
@@javaloading9961 he would have hated you calling him a "wizard" as well magic is used to explain stuff that couldnt be explained who all agrees...
You sound like you are trying to take credit for his genius. Are you Indian or something?
Yes a great loss for humanity indeed
Great loss for the human race, but I don't think we can jump to that.
I wish genius like him could live for 70-80 years !
🌍🇨🇭🇬🇧🇮🇳 Many thanks to you Toby for bringing out so many authentic details on Dr. Ramanujan and sharing with us all here on your august portal. Lots of best wishes and sadar namaste 🌷🌹🌻🍁🙏🙏🙏🙏
Very satisfying to watch such clean descriptions and notes in math
There's a movie on his life's work called "The Man Who Knew Infinity". I highly suggest anyone curious about his work see it. He claimed that the equations came to him in his sleep after praying to a Hindu goddess.
The goddess was Goddess Na- magiri...also known as "Lakshmi" , she's the goddess of wealth and purity ! ☺️
@@Ani-zo8il in ancient india Temple was very important place where human can gain knowledge and can meditate.After invasion we lost that culture .
@@abhijeetkumar2204 😂😂😂😂
... Of Namakal.
@@khanreckless3895 mullla
He is my favorite! I learned about his marvelous work in the early days of grad school attending String theory courses. But it is really hard to compare all these exceptional mathematical geniuses like Gauss, Fermat, Poincaré and Hilbert.
@Rudransh Pandey Right.
@@Abhishekkumar-qb2lr hey stop writing these comments there is nothing wrong in being proud but just don't be proud make the work or contribution that will actually make it to the actual goal
@Rudransh Pandey where did i mentioned about religion ,atleast give a sensible reply
@Anom Nitnaware how many potatoes have been turned into gold😏
@Anom Nitnaware and get used to it.
Thank you for this video. It was very interesting to watch this original letter and brief explanation about it.
I am proud to be Indian and proud of Ramanujan in such a small age he was truly a Genius person.
So glad I found this channel. So many videos show how important it is to recognize genius in people and fan the flame. Don't quench someone who is different than you (Turing) or lacking in formalities (Ramaujan), or etc.
I literally cried .... While watching "the man who knew infinity"... It actually sees into his life...which was great
Hi can i get the link of tat movie pls
@@tamilarasanselvaraj9953 serch on you tube the man who knew infinity.
Listening to her accent and voice makes me feel like I'm mediating 🙂 not joking. very calm and very clear. Subscribed 👍
Geniuses are not gifted always. More often, they live for their work in moments and value their ideas more than known facts. Salute to those extraordinary heores! Salute to Ramanujan!
I cried when I saw "The man who knew Infinity"
Same!
Same...
Very talented young man Ramanujan
रामानुजम कि कहानी सुन के हम आज भी इमोशनल हो जाते है,,,जिनिअस युवक,थोडि जिंदगी बडि होनी चाहिए थी
That was your first video I've watched. My only background on Ramanujen was the recent movie made about his story. Well presented and your voice and cadence in your speaking voice is amazing! Makes you more listenable than others. Appreciate the effort you put into them. Having copies of the letters themselves were key! Thanks!
no formal training or anything just pure genius and talent.. very impressive specifically for that time.
Absolutely Enthralling. What a genius! 🙏 Thanks for another fascinating video.
"I have been developing this to a remarkable extent so much so that the local mathematicians are not able to understand me in my higher flights." A literal legend.
There is a movie about his life: " the man who knew infinity " GREAT WATCH !
Dev Patel was just great.
Don't fun with us
Amazing video - one of my favorites. To see a man come from a place with minimal resources and still find a way to gather enough knowledge to become a world respected maths genius, is something else.
Great job!! So heartening to see this from you Recognizing genius from any where without bias is in the work of Science; wish we could all be more scientific in al our approach to life
You need to read my comment ! Don’t be in a hurry to react… 😇
You have a very pleasant speaking voice, and it is also a pleasure to witness the beautifully clear handwriting of Ramanujan, who must have taken great trouble over the composition of this letter. For a mathematician, this is something on the order of seeing a faithful reproduction of the Magna Carta or some other great historical document. Thank you very much for posting this video!