can u give me full details?
2007-06-25 23:39:49 · 4 answers · asked by tejasvi_adiga 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
I know of a RamAnujan--he developed a means of summation, a definition essentially, that allows for the renormalization of infinite sums. For example, he expressed how (the now called Ramanujan) sum of the positive integers 1 +2 +3 . . . turns out to be equal to . . .
-1/12 . . . ?!
No joke. Check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanujan_summation
2007-06-26 02:21:52 · answer #1 · answered by supastremph 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When Ramanujam was in 1st grade,his teacher was teaching them taBLES AND DIVISION and she asked the students what is 4 divided by 4, 3 divided by 3 and so on
Then the teacher gave an assertion that a no. divided by itself is 1
But ramanujam challenged her saying 0 / 0is not 1
then he also asked 1/0 is 1 or 0
Thus ramnujam gave the idea of infinity
and so he is rightly called the man who knew infinity
2007-06-26 03:01:10 · answer #2 · answered by Vatsal S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its an honour.
to this great person
2007-06-28 17:52:28 · answer #3 · answered by Oshobh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
exaggerated comments are usually made for celebrities...
2007-06-25 23:48:44 · answer #4 · answered by Harish Jharia 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋