Mathematics. Hardy (G.H., editor), et al, Collected Papers o...

Mathematics. Hardy (G.H., editor), et al, Collected Papers of Srinivasa Ramanujan, first edition thus, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1927, half-title, original publisher's blue cloth over boards, 8vo; Hardy (Godfrey Harold, Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics in the University of Cambridge), Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work, first edition, Cambridge: at the University Press, 1940, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, original publisher's blue cloth over boards, 8vo; Whittaker (E.T.), A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies, second edition, Cambridge University Press, 1917, half-title, original blue cloth over boards, somewhat worn, 8vo, (3) Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar (1887-1920), Indian mathematician, who despite no formal training in pure mathematics made substantial contributions to the field. He initially worked in isolation, but was later invited to Cambridge University by the mathematician G.H. Hardy, who recognised the ground-breaking nature of his work. They would go on to collaborate on papers along with John Edensor Littlewood. Ramanujan was the first Indian to be elected a fellow of Trinity College, and the second Indian to be elected a fellow of the Royal Society.

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