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Book SynopsisContains essays on Ramanujan and his work. This book includes survey articles in areas that are influenced by Ramanujan's mathematics.
Table of ContentsCommentary (by R. A. R.) by R. A. Rankin The life of Ramanujan: The four photographs of Ramanujan The books studied by Ramanujan in India The influence of Carr's synopsis on Ramanujan The notebooks of Srinivasa Ramanujan A recently discovered letter giving Ramanujan's examination scores On Ramanujan The Ramanujan family record Ramanujan's illness: Ramanujan as a patient Ramanujan's illness An incident in the life of S. Ramanujan, F.R.S.: Conversations with G. H. Hardy, F.R.S. and J. E. Littlewood, F.R.S. and their sequel S. Janaki: S. Janaki Ammal (Mrs. Ramanujan) Conversation ""I didn't understand his work, but I knew his worth"" S. Narayana Iyer: A short biography of S. Narayana Iyer The distribution of primes Some theorems in summation E. H. Neville: Srinivasa Ramanujan University lectures in Madras Ramanujan's manuscripts and notebooks: Ramanujan's manuscripts and notebooks Ramanujan's manuscripts and notebooks, II An overview of Ramanujan's notebooks An introduction to Ramanujan's ""lost"" notebook Nontechnical articles on Ramanujan's work: Ramanujan and pi $\pi$ related developments since 1988 Reflections around the Ramanujan centenary The problems submitted by Ramanujan to the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society Somewhat more technical articles on Ramanujan's work: A walk through Ramanujan's garden Ramanujan and hypergeometric and basic hypergeometric series The final problem: An account of the mock theta functions.
