17_7_2008
La prestigiosa companyia anglesa “Complicité” ha presentat a Barcelona, dins del Festival GREC 2008, l’obra “A disappearing number”. Ha omplert els 4 dies el Teatre Lliure de Montjuich amb molt bones crítiques. El director de la companyia, Simon McBurney, és un entusiasta de les matemàtiques, i en aquesta obra ha volgut explicar la relació que van mantenir el matemàtic anglès G. H. Hardy, i el filòsof hindú Ramanujan a partir del 1913. A l’obra, el director tracta les matemàtiques com un acte creatiu comparable amb la poesia o la pintura.
1) Have you ever seen some film, play of theatre, music or book about math?
2) This play is about the fictional life of two mathematicians. Look for some information about them and try to write it in a emotional way (try to think of them as a characters in a story).
1) probably yes, but I do not remember any
2)G.H Hardy FRS (February 7, 1877 Cranleigh, Surrey, England – December 1, 1947 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Non-mathematicians usually know him for A Mathematician’s Apology, his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics. The Apology is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.
Sr?niv?sa Aiyang?r R?m?nujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan (Tamil: ??????? ?????????? or ????????? ???????? ?????????) (22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
Born and raised in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, Ramanujan first encountered formal mathematics at age 10. He demonstrated a natural ability, and was given books on advanced trigonometry by S L Loney. He had mastered them by age 13, and even discovered theorems of his own. He demonstrated unusual mathematical skills at school, winning accolades and awards. By 17, Ramanujan conducted his own mathematical research on Bernoulli numbers and the Euler–Mascheroni constant. He received a scholarship to study at Government College in Kumbakonam, but lost it when he failed his non-mathematical coursework. He joined another college to pursue independent mathematical research, working as a clerk in the Accountant-General’s office at the Madras Port Trust Office to support himself. In 1912–1913, he sent samples of his theorems to three academics at the University of Cambridge. Only G. H. Hardy recognized the brilliance of his work, subsequently inviting Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, dying of illness, malnutrition and possibly liver infection in 1920 at the age of 32.
During his short lifetime, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3900 results (mostly identities and equations). Although a small number of these results were actually false and some were already known, most of his claims have now been proven correct. He stated results that were both original and highly unconventional, such as the Ramanujan prime and the Ramanujan theta function, and these have inspired a vast amount of further research. However, some of his major discoveries have been rather slow to enter the mathematical mainstream. Recently, Ramanujan’s formulae have found applications in crystallography and string theory. The Ramanujan Journal, an international publication, was launched to publish work in all areas of mathematics influenced by his work.
1) Yes, see film about of maths.
2)G. H. (Godfrey Harold) Hardy was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis. He resisted to be considered pure mathematics, because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had facilitated.
Sr?niv?sa Aiyang?r R?m?nujan was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who had made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
1) I haven’t read any book of maths, but I’m going to read “Els dimonis dels nombre”
2)A Disappearing Number is a 2007 play co-written and devised by the Complicite company and directed and conceived by English playwright Simon McBurney. It was inspired by the collaboration during the 1910s between two of the most remarkable pure mathematicians of the twentieth century, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a poor Brahmin from South India, and Cambridge university don G.H. Hardy.
It was a co-production between UK-based theatre company Complicite, Ruhrfestspiele, Wiener Festwochen, Holland Festival and Theatre Royal Plymouth. A Disappearing Number premiered in Plymouth, toured the internationally, and played at The Barbican Centre in Autumn 2007. It was directed by Simon McBurney with music by Nitin Sawhney. The production is 110 minutes with no intermission.
McBurney was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. His father, Charles McBurney, was an American archaeologist and academic, and the grandson of American surgeon Charles McBurney (McBurney’s point). His mother, Anne Francis Edmondstone Charles, was a British secretary of English, Scottish and Irish ancestry; his parents were distant cousins.[1][2] McBurney studied English Literature at Cambridge University and then trained for the theatre at the Jacques Lecoq Institute in Paris.
1) I haven’t seen any film about maths and any play of teathre, but when I was at the school i read books abot maths and they were very nice and funny.
2)Hardy studied at Winchester College and then entered Trinity College at Cambridge University in 1896. Sadleirian occupied the chair from 1931 to 1942, he left Cambridge in 1919 to take over the chair of geometry at Oxford Savilian.
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Tamil: (Erode December 22, 1887 – Kumbakonam April 26, 1920) was an Indian mathematician very puzzling. From humble family, at age seven he attended a public school on a scholarship. He recited his classmates mathematical formulas and figures ?.
Their relationship since 1914 as a mentor of Indian mathematician Ramanujan, immediately recognized as spontaneous brilliance. When asked about his greatest contribution to mathematics, Hardy responded that it was the discovery of Ramanujan.
1) Yes , the last year I read the catalan’s book , witch title is ” L’assasinat del profesor de matemàtiques”.
2)G. H. (Godfrey Harold) Hardy (1877-1947) was a prominent English mathematician, known for his number theory and mathematical analysis.
His relationship as mentor, from 1914 onwards, of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognized Ramanujan’s extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. In an interview by Paul Erd?s, when Hardy was asked what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan. He called their collaboration “the one romantic incident in my life.”
Hardy was an atheist . He was an avid cricket fan.
Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan (1887 –1920) was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
Born in, Tamil Nadu, India. He demonstrated a natural ability. In 1912–1913, he sent samples of his theorems to three academics at the University of Cambridge.Only G. H. Hardy recognized the brilliance of his work, subsequently inviting Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. Ramanujan spent nearly five years in Cambridge collaborating with Hardy. He dying of illness, malnutrition and possibly liver infection in 1920 at the age of 32.
Hardy and Ramanujan had highly contrasting personalities. Their collaboration was a clash of different cultures, beliefs and working styles. Hardy was an atheist and an apostle of proof and mathematical rigour, whereas Ramanujan was a deeply religious man and relied very strongly on his intuition. He lived a rather spartan life while at Cambridge and Ramanujan’s strict observance of vegetarianism.
1) Yes, a book: ” L’assassinat del professor de matemàtiques”
2)Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan (1887 –1920) was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
Born in, Tamil Nadu, India. He demonstrated a natural ability. In 1912–1913, he sent samples of his theorems to three academics at the University of Cambridge.Only G. H. Hardy recognized the brilliance of his work, subsequently inviting Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. Ramanujan spent nearly five years in Cambridge collaborating with Hardy. He dying of illness, malnutrition and possibly liver infection in 1920 at the age of 32.
1) I read books about maths, but I didn’t see any film or show about maths. I read ”L’assassinat del professor de matemàtiques” and ”El dimoni dels nomnbres”.
2)G. H. (Godfrey Harold) Hardy FRS (February 7, 1877 Cranleigh, Surrey, England [1] – December 1, 1947 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [2]) was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Non-mathematicians usually know him for A Mathematician’s Apology, his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics. The Apology is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.
His relationship as mentor, from 1914 onwards, of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognized Ramanujan’s extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. In an interview by Paul Erd?s, when Hardy was asked what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan. He called their collaboration “the one romantic incident in my life.”
Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
Born and raised in Erode, Tamil Nadu, India, Ramanujan first encountered formal mathematics at age 10. He demonstrated a natural ability, and was given books on advanced trigonometry by S L Loney.[1] He had mastered them by age 13, and even discovered theorems of his own. He demonstrated unusual mathematical skills at school, winning accolades and awards. By 17, Ramanujan conducted his own mathematical research on Bernoulli numbers and the Euler–Mascheroni constant. He received a scholarship to study at Government College in Kumbakonam, but lost it when he failed his non-mathematical coursework. He joined another college to pursue independent mathematical research, working as a clerk in the Accountant-General’s office at the Madras Port Trust Office to support himself.[2] In 1912–1913, he sent samples of his theorems to three academics at the University of Cambridge. Only G. H. Hardy recognized the brilliance of his work, subsequently inviting Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, dying of illness, malnutrition and possibly liver infection in 1920 at the age of 32.
During his short lifetime, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3900 results (mostly identities and equations).[3] Although a small number of these results were actually false and some were already known, most of his claims have now been proven correct.[4] He stated results that were both original and highly unconventional, such as the Ramanujan prime and the Ramanujan theta function, and these have inspired a vast amount of further research.[5] However, some of his major discoveries have been rather slow to enter the mathematical mainstream. Recently, Ramanujan’s formulae have found applications in crystallography and string theory. The Ramanujan Journal, an international publication, was launched to publish work in all areas of mathematics influenced by his work.[6]
1) Yes, I have seen the film “L’habitació de Fermat”.
2)G. H. Hardy was an English mathematician. He was born in surrey, England, on the 7th february of 1877 and he died on the 1st of december of 1947 in Cambridge, England. He is known by the non-mathematicians because of “A Mathematician’s Apology”, the essay he has written.
His relationship as mentor, from 1914 onwards, of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognized Ramanujan’s extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators.
Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan ((22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
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It’s posible that i saw some film about maths becouse maths are in everything you see but now i don’t remmeember any.
2) ( I don’t understand very well this question, but I try to do it)
G.H Hardy was studied in Winchester College and after “ingressed” in Trinity College, in Cbridge Universiti. he was renuncied to Cmbridge for studied the geometric in Savilian.
Ramanujan was edit his fist book when he has 15 years old. He was cancel his maths exams because he only dedicate all the time to his “funny maths”. Was animed to explain his explanations to tree different mathematicians , two of these don’t interested but G:H Hardy accept this.
At 1914 starts their relation ship between G:H Hrady and Ramujan as their mathematician. Their two was popular for the concepts of maths.
1- Probably I have seen some film about maths but I don’t remember the title, I haven’t seen any play thetre but I have read a book in catalan that it’s a little bit about maths, “L’assassinat del Professor de Matemàtiques”.
2- Godfrey Harold Hardy was borns in Cranleigh, he’s a british methemitician.
He was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Non-mathematicians usually know him for A Mathematician’s Apology, his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics. The Apology is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.
His relationship as mentor, from 1914 onwards, of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognized Ramanujan’s extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. In an interview by Paul Erd?s, when Hardy was asked what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan. He called their collaboration “the one romantic incident in my life.”
Hardy’s own natural affinity for mathematics was perceptible at a young age. When just two years old, he wrote numbers up to millions, and when taken to church he amused himself by factorizing the numbers of the hymns.
Hardy preferred his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied.
Hardy was extremely shy as a child, and was socially awkward, cold and eccentric throughout his life. During his school years he was top of his class in most subjects, and won many prizes and awards but hated having to receive them in front of the entire school. He was uncomfortable being introduced to new people, and could not bear to look at his own reflection in a mirror. It is said that, when staying in hotels, he would cover all the mirrors with towels.
1) I haven’t seen a film but I read one book of maths but in catalan and says “L’ assasinat del professor de matematiques” is very interseting and you do de problems of the book.
2)G. H. (Godfrey Harold) Hardy FRS (February 7, 1877 Cranleigh, Surrey, England – December 1, 1947 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England) was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Non-mathematicians usually know him for A Mathematician’s Apology, his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics. The Apology is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.
His relationship as mentor, from 1914 onwards, of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognized Ramanujan’s extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. In an interview by Paul Erd?s, when Hardy was asked what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan. He called their collaboration “the one romantic incident in my life.”
.H. Hardy was born 7 February 1877, in Cranleigh, Surrey, England, into a teaching family. His father was Bursar and Art Master at Cranleigh School; his mother had been a senior mistress at Lincoln Training College for teachers. Both parents were mathematically inclined.
Hardy’s own natural affinity for mathematics was perceptible at a young age. When just two years old, he wrote numbers up to millions, and when taken to church he amused himself by factorizing the numbers of the hymns.
Hardy is credited with reforming British mathematics by bringing rigour into it, which was previously a characteristic of French, Swiss and German mathematics. British mathematicians had remained largely in the tradition of applied mathematics, in thrall to the reputation of Isaac Newton (see Cambridge Mathematical Tripos). Hardy was more in tune with the cours d’analyse methods dominant in France, and aggressively promoted his conception of pure mathematics, in particular against the hydrodynamics which was an important part of Cambridge mathematics.
Hardy preferred his work to be considered pure mathematics, perhaps because of his detestation of war and the military uses to which mathematics had been applied. He made several statements similar to that in his Apology:
“I have never done anything ‘useful’. No discovery of mine has made, or is likely to make, directly or indirectly, for good or ill, the least difference to the amenity of the world.”
1) Yes , I know one crime fiction: Numbers. The crime fiction, which works with the premise that “numbers do not lie, people do” shows how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and can solve the most complex criminal cases.
2) G. H. (Godfrey Harold) Hardy was born on February 7,1877 in Cranleigh, Surrey, England. He was very hard student, he likes maths a lot and he didn’t have friends. He was very sad and have a lonely childhold. But he went on studing and got to be a important English mathematician.
While,in the other part of the world, in India. Srinivasa Ramanujan was born in 1887. When he was ten began to study formal mathematics. He loved maths and he study this subject by himself. In 1914 Hardy was the mentor of Srinivasa was a extraordinry genius maths’ and they bean a great friendship and their collaboration in maths was called “The one romantic incident in my life” by Hardy. But Srinivasa died very soon, when he was thirty-three years old and Hardy felt very unhappy.
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1) Last spring I saw in TV the film ” L’habitació de Fermat”. And last year catalan teacher made us read a mysterious book “L’assassinat del professor de matemàtiques”.
2) G. H. Hardy was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Non-mathematicians usually know him for A Mathematician’s Apology, his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics. The Apology is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.
Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician and self taught genius who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions.
yes, i read a book om mathematics
i read: “l’assasinat del profesor de matemàtiques”
G. H. (Godfrey Harold) Hardy FRS (February 7, 1877 Cranleigh, Surrey, England [1] – December 1, 1947 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [2]) was a prominent English mathematician, known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Non-mathematicians usually know him for A Mathematician’s Apology, his essay from 1940 on the aesthetics of mathematics. The Apology is often considered one of the best insights into the mind of a working mathematician written for the layman.
His relationship as mentor, from 1914 onwards, of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has become celebrated. Hardy almost immediately recognized Ramanujan’s extraordinary albeit untutored brilliance, and Hardy and Ramanujan became close collaborators. In an interview by Paul Erd?s, when Hardy was asked what his greatest contribution to mathematics was, Hardy unhesitatingly replied that it was the discovery of Ramanujan. He called their collaboration “the one romantic incident in my life.”
1) Yes, I read the ” L’assassinat del professor de matemàtiques ”
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G. H. (Godfrey Harold) Hardy are was born in Surrey, England the 7 of February of 1877 and are died the 1 of December of 1947 in Cambrige, England. Was a English mathematician, he is famous for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.
In 1914, Godfrey Harold and the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan has became close collaborators.
His father was Bursar and Art Master at Cranleigh School and his mother had been a senior mistress at Lincoln Training College for teachers.
After schooling at Cranleigh, Hardy was awarded a scholarship to Winchester College for his mathematical work. In 1896 he entered Trinity College, in Cambridge. In 1903 he earned his M.A. In 1919 he left Cambridge to take the Savilian Chair of Geometry at Oxford. He returned to Cambridge in 1931.
Hardy is also known for formulating the Hardy–Weinberg principle, a basic principle of population genetics, independently from Wilhelm Weinberg in 1908.
Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar are was born the 22 of December of 1887, in Erode, India and are died the 26 of April of 1920 in Chetput, India, was an Indian mathematician.
He is considered to be one of the most talented mathematicians in recent history. He had no formal training in mathematics. He made large contributions to number theory , infinite series and continued fractions.
He was mentored by G. H. Hardy in the early 1910. After getting his degree at Cambridge, Ramanujan did his own work. He compiled over 3500 identities and equations in his life. Some of the identities were found in his “lost notebook”. When the notebook was discovered, mathematicians proved almost all of Ramanujan’s work. His discoveries have led to many advancements in mathematics. His formulas are now being used in crystallography and string theory.
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