Srinivasa Ramanujan: Going Strong at 125, Part I
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The 125th anniversary of the birth of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan falls on December 22, 2012. To mark this occasion, the Notices offers the following feature article, which appears in two installments. The article contains an introductory piece describing various major developments in the world of Ramanujan since his centennial in 1987, followed by seven pieces describing important research advances in several areas of mathematics influenced by him. The first installment in the present issue of the Notices contains the introductory piece by Krishnaswami Alladi, plus pieces by George Andrews, Bruce Berndt, and Jonathan Borwein. Pieces by Ken Ono, K. Soundararajan, R. C. Vaughan, and S. Ole Warnaar will appear in the second installment in the January 2013 issue of the Notices.
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Srinivasa Ramanujan: Going Strong at 125, Part II
The 125th anniversary of the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan was on December 22, 2012. To mark the occasion, the Notices is publishing a feature article of which this is the second and final installment. This installment contains pieces by Ken Ono, Kannan Soundararajan, Robert Vaughan, and Ole Warnaar on various aspects of Ramanujan’s work. The first installment appeared in the December 2012 issue...
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