Ramanujan passed away 100 years ago today. With little means or math instruction, he discovered results which Hardy said "must be true, because if they were not true no one would have the imagination to invent them." I wrote a poem about how math brought these two together. Enjoy
Here's a good thread on Ramanujan from @aparanjape: https://twitter.com/aparanjape/status/1254112814932746241?s=20
And here's a video by @stevenstrogatz and others that I will be watching today: https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz/status/1254408248070934530?s=20
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