BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240426T000258Z UID:976816F7-7011-4709-8653-8DF1C6592C31 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T191000 DESCRIPTION:[]Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) w as an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pur e mathematics\, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis \, number theory\, infinite series\, and continued fractions\, including s olutions to mathematical problems then considered unsolvable. Ramanujan in itially developed his own mathematical research in isolation: according to Hans Eysenck: "He tried to interest the leading professional mathematicia ns in his work\, but failed for the most part. What he had to show them wa s too novel\, too unfamiliar\, and additionally presented in unusual ways\ ; they could not be bothered". Seeking mathematicians who could better und erstand his work\, in 1913 he began a postal correspondence with the Engli sh mathematician G. H. Hardy at the University of Cambridge\, England. Rec ognising Ramanujan's work as extraordinary\, Hardy arranged for him to tra vel to Cambridge. In his notes\, Hardy commented that Ramanujan had produc ed groundbreaking new theorems\, including some that "defeated me complete ly\; I had never seen anything in the least like them before"\, and some r ecently proven.\n\nDuring his short life\, Ramanujan independently compile d nearly 3\,900 results (mostly identities and equations). Many were compl etely novel\; his original and highly unconventional results\, such as the Ramanujan prime\, the Ramanujan theta function\, partition formulae and m ock theta functions\, have opened entire new areas of work and inspired a vast amount of further research. Of his thousands of results\, all but a d ozen or two have now been proven correct. The Ramanujan Journal\, a scient ific journal\, was established to publish work in all areas of mathematics influenced by Ramanujan\, and his notebooks—containing summaries of his published and unpublished results—have been analysed and studied for de cades since his death as a source of new mathematical ideas. As late as 20 12\, researchers continued to discover that mere comments in his writings about "simple properties" and "similar outputs" for certain findings were themselves profound and subtle number theory results that remained unsuspe cted until nearly a century after his death. He became one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society and only the second Indian member\, and the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge. Of his original letters\, Hardy stated that a single look was enough to show the y could have been written only by a mathematician of the highest calibre\, comparing Ramanujan to mathematical geniuses such as Euler and Jacobi.\n\ nIn 1919\, ill health compelled Ramanujan's return to India\, where he die d in 1920 at the age of 32. His last letters to Hardy\, written in January 1920\, show that he was still continuing to produce new mathematical idea s and theorems. His "lost notebook"\, containing discoveries from the last year of his life\, caused great excitement among mathematicians when it w as rediscovered in 1976.\n\nA deeply religious Hindu\,Ramanujan credited h is substantial mathematical capacities to divinity\, and said his family g oddess\, Namagiri Thayar\, revealed his mathematical knowledge to him. He once said\, "An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thoug ht of God."\n\nSpeaker(s): \, Discussion Moderator: Sharan Kalwani\n\nAgen da: \n6:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Chapter business update\; brea k\n6:05 PM - Movie Start/Presentation\n7:20 PM - Q & A\; group Discussion\ n7:30 PM - Wrap Up\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/416631 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/416631 ORGANIZER:sharan.kalwani@ieee.org SEQUENCE:17 SUMMARY:Documentary Night: The Man Who Loved Numbers URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/416631 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="text-align: justify\;"><img style=" float: right\; border-width: 3px\; border-style: hidden\;" src="https://ev ents.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/b3f74d2d-c391-4e05-b5cb-df698 e4d4888" alt="" width="270" height="163">Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS 22 Decemb er 1887 &ndash\; 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics\, he made substantial contr ibutions to mathematical analysis\, number theory\, infinite series\, and continued fractions\, including solutions to mathematical problems then co nsidered unsolvable. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical re search in isolation: according to Hans 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 additi onally presented in unusual ways\; they could not be bothered". Seeking ma thematicians who could better understand his work\, in 1913 he began a pos tal correspondence with the English mathematician G. H. Hardy at the Unive rsity of Cambridge\, England. Recognising Ramanujan's work as extraordinar y\, Hardy arranged for him to travel to Cambridge. In his notes\, Hardy co mmented that Ramanujan had produced groundbreaking new theorems\, includin g some that "defeated me completely\; I had never seen anything in the lea st like them before"\, and some recently proven.</p>\n<p style="text-align : justify\;">During his short life\, Ramanujan independently compiled near ly 3\,900 results (mostly identities and equations). Many were completely novel\; his original and highly unconventional results\, such as the Raman ujan prime\, the Ramanujan theta function\, partition formulae and mock th eta functions\, have opened entire new areas of work and inspired a vast a mount of further research. Of his thousands of results\, all but a dozen o r two have now been proven correct. The Ramanujan Journal\, a scientific j ournal\, was established to publish work in all areas of mathematics influ enced by Ramanujan\, and his notebooks&mdash\;containing summaries of his published and unpublished results&mdash\;have been analysed and studied fo r decades since his death as a source of new mathematical ideas. As late a s 2012\, researchers continued to discover that mere comments in his writi ngs about "simple properties" and "similar outputs" for certain findings w ere themselves profound and subtle number theory results that remained uns uspected until nearly a century after his death. He became one of the youn gest Fellows of the Royal Society and only the second Indian member\, and the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College\, Cambridge. Of his original letters\, Hardy stated that a single look was enough to show they could have been written only by a mathematician of the highest calib re\, comparing Ramanujan to mathematical geniuses such as Euler and Jacobi .</p>\n<p style="text-align: justify\;">In 1919\, ill health compelled Ram anujan's return to India\, where he died in 1920 at the age of 32. His las t letters to Hardy\, written in January 1920\, show that he was still cont inuing to produce new mathematical ideas and theorems. His "lost notebook" \, containing discoveries from the last year of his life\, caused great ex citement among mathematicians when it was rediscovered in 1976.</p>\n<p st yle="text-align: justify\;">A deeply religious Hindu\,Ramanujan credited h is substantial mathematical capacities to divinity\, and said his family g oddess\, Namagiri Thayar\, revealed his mathematical knowledge to him. He once said\, <em>"An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a t hought of God."</em></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div sty le="width: 780px\; background-color: #fff !important\; padding: 0\;">\n<p> <span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 1 2pt\;">6:00 PM - Welcome and Introductions\, Chapter business update\; bre ak<br></span><span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">6:05 PM - Movie Start/Presentation<br></span><span sty le="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\; font-size: 12pt\;">7: 20 PM - Q &amp\; A\; group Discussion<br></span><span style="font-size: 12 pt\;"><span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monospace\;">7:30 PM - Wrap Up</span><span style="font-family: courier new\, courier\, monos pace\;">&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n</div> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR