{"id":49954,"date":"2016-05-01T02:02:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-01T02:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=49954"},"modified":"2016-05-01T02:02:22","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T02:02:22","slug":"namagiri-and-ramanujan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zenpundit.com\/?p=49954","title":{"rendered":"Namagiri and Ramanujan"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ by Charles Cameron<\/strong> — in which we glimpse the (female) divinity hidden behind infinity ]
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\"Ramanujan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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It is one of the curiosities of mathematics that the great Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan <\/strong>claimed to have received many, if not all, of his equations from the goddess Namagiri<\/strong> in dreams — and that this idea is all too often quietly omitted from discussions of his uncanny brilliance.<\/p>\n

Now that The Man Who Knew Infinity<\/a> is out in theaters, it might be wise to explore the connection between Namagiri and Ramanujan a little more closely.<\/p>\n

Dream and waking, darshan and mathematics, inspiration and intuition, intuition and proof, quality and quantity — these polarities are all involved..<\/p>\n

To its credit, the film contains the line:<\/p>\n

You want to know how I get my ideas? God speaks to me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, the idea that “God” might be a goddess seems a reach too far for the screenwriters and director.<\/p>\n

Viewing:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Matt Brown<\/strong>, The Man Who Knew Infinity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Here’s one version of the trailer:<\/p>\n