BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:US/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230426T054625Z UID:82B99AB7-F24C-4F63-A6F8-0B4C810F5EBC DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20230425T180000 DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20230425T193100 DESCRIPTION:Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics\, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis\, number theory\, infinite series\, and continued fractions\, including sol utions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable. Ramanujan init ially developed his own mathematical research in isolation: according to H ans Eysenck: "He tried to interest the leading professional mathematicians in his work\, but failed for the most part. What he had to show them was too novel\, too unfamiliar\, and additionally presented in unusual ways\; they could not be bothered". Seeking mathematicians who could better under stand his work\, in 1913 he began a postal correspondence with the English mathematician G. H. Hardy at the University of Cambridge\, England. Recog nising Ramanujan's work as extraordinary\, Hardy arranged for him to trave l to Cambridge. In his notes\, Hardy commented that Ramanujan had produced groundbreaking new theorems\, including some that "defeated me completely \; I had never seen anything in the least like them before"\, and some rec ently proven.\n\nDuring his short life\, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3\,900 results (mostly identities and equations). Many were complet ely novel\; his original and highly unconventional results\, such as the R amanujan prime\, the Ramanujan theta function\, partition formulae and moc k theta functions\, have opened entire new areas of work and inspired a va st amount of further research. Of his thousands of results\, all but a doz en or two have now been proven correct. The Ramanujan Journal\, a scientif ic journal\, was established to publish work in all areas of mathematics i nfluenced by Ramanujan\, and his notebooks—containing summaries of his p ublished and unpublished results—have been analysed and studied for deca des since his death as a source of new mathematical ideas. As late as 2012 \, researchers continued to discover that mere comments in his writings ab out "simple properties" and "similar outputs" for certain findings were th emselves profound and subtle number theory results that remained unsuspect ed until nearly a century after his death. He became one of the youngest F ellows of the Royal Society and only the second Indian member\, and the fi rst Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge. Of his o riginal letters\, Hardy stated that a single look was enough to show they could have been written only by a mathematician of the highest calibre\, c omparing Ramanujan to mathematical geniuses such as Euler and Jacobi.\n\nI n 1919\, ill health compelled Ramanujan's return to India\, where he died in 1920 at the age of 32. His last letters to Hardy\, written in January 1 920\, show that he was still continuing to produce new mathematical ideas and theorems. His "lost notebook"\, containing discoveries from the last y ear of his life\, caused great excitement among mathematicians when it was rediscovered in 1976.\n\nA deeply religious Hindu\,Ramanujan credited his substantial mathematical capacities to divinity\, and said his family god dess\, Namagiri Thayar\, revealed his mathematical knowledge to him. He on ce said\, "An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God."\n\nSpeaker(s): \, Discussion Moderator: Sharan Kalwani\n\nAgenda : \nAgenda\n\n6:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Chapter business updat e\; break\n6:05 PM - Movie Start/Presentation\n7:20 PM - Q & A\; group Dis cussion\n7:30 PM - Wrap Up\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/33 9738 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/339738 ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org SEQUENCE:11 SUMMARY:The Man Who Loved Numbers: A Documentary URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/339738 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS 22 December 1887 & ndash\; 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost n o formal training in pure mathematics\, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis\, number theory\, infinite series\, and continued fractions\, including solutions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation: according to Hans Eysenck: "He tried to interest the leading p rofessional mathematicians in his work\, but failed for the most part. Wha t he had to show them was too novel\, too unfamiliar\, and additionally pr esented in unusual ways\; they could not be bothered". Seeking mathematici ans who could better understand his work\, in 1913 he began a postal corre spondence with the English mathematician G. H. Hardy at the University of Cambridge\, England. Recognising Ramanujan's work as extraordinary\, Hardy arranged for him to travel to Cambridge. In his notes\, Hardy commented t hat Ramanujan had produced groundbreaking new theorems\, including some th at "defeated me completely\; I had never seen anything in the least like t hem before"\, and some recently proven.</p>\n<p>During his short life\, Ra manujan independently compiled nearly 3\,900 results (mostly identities an d equations). Many were completely novel\; his original and highly unconve ntional results\, such as the Ramanujan prime\, the Ramanujan theta functi on\, partition formulae and mock theta functions\, have opened entire new areas of work and inspired a vast amount of further research. Of his thous ands of results\, all but a dozen or two have now been proven correct. The Ramanujan Journal\, a scientific journal\, was established to publish wor k in all areas of mathematics influenced by Ramanujan\, and his notebooks& mdash\;containing summaries of his published and unpublished results&mdash \;have been analysed and studied for decades since his death as a source o f new mathematical ideas. As late as 2012\, researchers continued to disco ver that mere comments in his writings about "simple properties" and "simi lar outputs" for certain findings were themselves profound and subtle numb er theory results that remained unsuspected until nearly a century after h is death. He became one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society and o nly the second Indian member\, and the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge. Of his original letters\, Hardy stated th at a single look was enough to show they could have been written only by a mathematician of the highest calibre\, comparing Ramanujan to mathematica l geniuses such as Euler and Jacobi.</p>\n<p>In 1919\, ill health compelle d Ramanujan's return to India\, where he died in 1920 at the age of 32. Hi s last letters to Hardy\, written in January 1920\, show that he was still continuing to produce new mathematical ideas and theorems. His "lost note book"\, containing discoveries from the last year of his life\, caused gre at excitement among mathematicians when it was rediscovered in 1976.</p>\n <p>A deeply religious Hindu\,Ramanujan credited his substantial mathematic al capacities to divinity\, and said his family goddess\, Namagiri Thayar\ , revealed his mathematical knowledge to him. He once said\, <em>"An equat ion for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God."</em></p>\ n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div style="width: 780px\; backgr ound-color: #fff !important\; padding: 0\;">\n<h3 style="color: #e37222\; font-family: 'formata'\, 'Verdana'\, sans-serif !important\; font-weight: 400\; font-size: 24px\; margin: 0 0 14px\;">Agenda</h3>\n<p><span style="f ont-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">6:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Chapter business update\; break<br /></span ><span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">6:05 PM - Movie Start/Presentation<br /></span><span style="font-f amily: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">7:20 PM - Q &amp\; A\; group Discussion<br /></span><span style="font-size: 12pt\;"><s pan style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\;">7:30 PM - Wra p Up</span><span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\;"> &nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR