Every year on December 22, India observes National Mathematics Day to commemorate the birth of Srinivasa Ramanujan, a mathematician whose life and work continue to hover between legend and rigorous ...

In the history of mathematics, few numbers have acquired a personality of their own. One such number is 1729, famously known as the Hardy–Ramanujan number, cele ...

In 1919, the legendary British mathematician GH Hardy visited his ailing friend Srinivasa Ramanujan at a hospital in Putney, London. He arrived in a taxi bearing the number 1729, and joked that it ...

Prof. G.H. Hardy of the Cambridge University went to Putney by a taxi to see his student who fell ill. While they were chatting, Hardy mentioned the number of the taxi he came in – 1729 – which seemed ...

Taxi-cab numbers, among the most beloved integers in math, trace their origins to 1918 and what seemed like a casual insight by the Indian genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. Now mathematicians have ...

Srinivasa Ramanujan failed formal exams but revolutionised mathematics through self-study. His legacy challenges rigid education systems and inspires India annually on National Mathematics Day.

Jacob Athyal and the cast of "A Disappearing Number." (A.R. Sinclair Photography) You could count the prizes “A Disappearing Number” won in England in 2007: Evening Standard Award for Best Play, ...