The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Magic of Ramanujan’s Genius
For more understanding of Ramanujan, watch the following.
Guiding Questions
It is recommended that you use one of the resources above to help you answer these questions.
a. Why did people not trust Ramanujan as a mathematician? Were they right to do so?
b. Can only educated people be trusted? Are they valued more?
c. Were his mathematical theories discovered or invented?
d. What is proof? Can there ever be 100% proof? How do you know something is proven?
e. Why is mathematics important? How do you know it is important? Who tells you that it is? How do you know their perspective can be trusted?
Resources
Choose one of the articles below and explain how it links to the issue of proof in mathematics.
How do we know how to teach mathematics?
Why study maths? Does maths have the answers?
Fermat’s Last Theorem
Resources
2020 Student Presentations