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The appearance of H.F. Baker and E.W. Hobson in “The man who knew infinity”

  • Bruce C. Berndt

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Abstract

Those attending the meeting at the University of Florida celebrating Krishna Alladi’s 60th birthday had the privilege of enjoying an advanced showing of “The Man Who Knew Infinity,” a screen adaptation of Robert Kanigel’s biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan with the same title. We explain the background of a brief scene in which H. F. Baker and E. W. Hobson verbally cast their votes for Ramanujan’s election as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAnalytic Number Theory, Modular Forms and q-Hypergeometric Series - In Honor of Krishna Alladi’s 60th Birthday, 2016
EditorsGeorge E. Andrews, Frank Garvan
PublisherSpringer
Pages95-97
Number of pages3
ISBN (Print)9783319683751
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventInternational Gainesville Number Theory Conference in Honor of Krishna Alladi’s 60th Birthday, 2016 - Gainesville, United States
Duration: Mar 17 2016Mar 21 2016

Publication series

NameSpringer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume221
ISSN (Print)2194-1009
ISSN (Electronic)2194-1017

Other

OtherInternational Gainesville Number Theory Conference in Honor of Krishna Alladi’s 60th Birthday, 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGainesville
Period3/17/163/21/16

Keywords

  • Ramanujan’s stay at cambridge
  • Royal society
  • The man who knew infinity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Mathematics

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