A film on Indian Mathematical genius Srinivas Ramanujam Man who knew Infinity is ready for release. This was disclosed at the ongoing Science Congress at Mysuru on Tuesday by none other than famous mathematician Manjul Bhargav.
Bhargava was awarded the Fields Medal in 2014 is behind making the film — The Man Who Knew Infinity: A life of the Genius Ramanujan is based on the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan written in 1991 by Robert Kanigel and published by Washington Square Press.
Manjul Bhargav who studied the biography and wanted it in the form of film, besides he could apprise the Hollywood director and producer in this behalf. Ramanujan and his mathematics achievements in the Indian history have not known much about him not only in India but across the world and his biography has enormous treasure.
Manjul Bhargav, was here to participate in the 103rd Indian Science Congress said that the shooting of film was completed and is expected to be released during the month of April or May of this year.
The film was directed by Matt Brown and produced by veteran Edward Pressman. The film stars Dev Patel, Jeremy Irons, Devika Bhise, Jeremy Northam, Stephen Fry and Toby Jones. The shooting was held in Raamanjun’s birth place Kumbakonam, Chennai costal areas and Cambridge University campus and this is the first film in the Hollywood on Indian Mathematician, he claimed .
Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation; it was quickly recognised by Indian mathematicians. When his skills became apparent to the wider mathematical community, centred in Europe at the time, he began a famous partnership with the English mathematician GH Hardy. He rediscovered previously known theorems in addition to producing new theorems.
During his short life, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3,900 results. Nearly all his claims have now been proven correct, although some were already known.[ 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. The Ramanujan Journal, an international publication, was launched to publish work in all areas of mathematics influenced by his work.