![]() ![]() He did his own early original mathematical research in isolation for the simple reason that there was really nobody in his area capable of helping him. He was largely self-taught, having received formal training in the kind of mathematics needed for an accountant or a clerk, but essentially none in pure mathematics. (These are, incidentally, the books that initially sent me to the university as a mathematics major.) Ramanujan made an unforgettable impression on me. Newman’s four-volume The World of Mathematics or in E. I first read about Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) back when I was in eighth or ninth grade, probably either in James R.
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