An encyclopedia of Srinivasa Ramanujan and his mathematics is being launched by Springer. This was announced by Marc Strauss, Editorial Director, Mathematics, of Springer, North America, at an ...

For professor R Sivaraman, there is only one superstar – Srinivasa Ramanujan. That’s why he’s writing a 500-page biography on the late mathematician to commemorate his 125th birth anniversary. He ...

The story of how legendary mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was able to get a degree in Cambridge University after failing university exams thrice in India shows the deep flaws in the Indian ...

Robert Kanigel’s acclaimed biography of the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan is being published in Malayalam for the first time. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will release ‘Ananthatthe ...

The number 1729 is one of my favorites. To mathematicians it is known as the “taxicab of 2.” The story of how it got that name is one of the great legends in modern mathematics. It is told again in ...

This refers to the reports “Manmohan's concern over decline in quality of maths teachers” and “It's a story of human triumph” (Dec. 27). The Prime Minister's reminder to parents and students that ...