Solving Mathematics in 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' (Ramanujan)

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    Let's look at the mathematics that appears in the film 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' about the famous mathematician, Ramanujan!
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  • @EllieSleightholm
    @EllieSleightholm  4 місяці тому +11

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    • @ModernWizardx1
      @ModernWizardx1 4 місяці тому +2

      forgot to pin this lol

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 4 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for sharing Ellie. I hope you can respond to my question on your convex hexagon problem whenever you can.

    • @nirbhaykumargautam7638
      @nirbhaykumargautam7638 4 місяці тому

      Mam you are beautiful ❤️❤️❤️......I love the way you teach JEE ADVANCED questions of maths....... continue jee questions series please ❤❤

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 4 місяці тому

      ​@@ModernWizardx1why would she?

  • @thomaswentworth6433
    @thomaswentworth6433 4 місяці тому +15

    It is so encouraging to see a young woman promoting the STEM subjects. Ellie obviously has a natural ability to get her head around the language of Maths, but that shouldn't discourage anyone. Her willingness to share her knowledge and experience should be lapped up by anyone who is also interested in science etc. To have someone like her available for people to tap into is such a gift. I've sub'd, and I hate Maths l, but she has my absolute full respect for getting one of the hardest degrees available, and to be so normal (apart from the head injury 😉) as well!!

    • @calicoesblue4703
      @calicoesblue4703 Місяць тому +2

      Get off your knees bro, she's not gonna sleep with you.

  • @Rio243tothenegativeone
    @Rio243tothenegativeone 4 місяці тому +16

    YOUR VIDEOS ARE EXACTLY WHAT UA-cam WAS MISSING!! HOPE YOU KEEP MAKING THESE AMAZING VIDEOS!!!

  • @alokeshchakraborty2296
    @alokeshchakraborty2296 4 місяці тому +20

    I've been eagerly waiting for your video on The Man Who knew infinity !

    • @divyanshtandon6123
      @divyanshtandon6123 4 місяці тому

      pure mathematics is the most beautiful thing in this universe.😍😍

  • @FC-BS
    @FC-BS 3 місяці тому +5

    I never knew that this film existed but now I do I'll watch it

  • @alexlee6557
    @alexlee6557 4 місяці тому +3

    Books on the table up to down:
    1. Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson, 2007.
    2. A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss, 2012.
    3. A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers, 2016.
    4. ?
    5. Calculating the Cosmos by Ian Stewart, 2016.

  • @intercalz
    @intercalz 12 днів тому

    The partition proof was beautiful

  • @raghav21p
    @raghav21p 4 місяці тому +15

    can u make a video on ramanujan summation. the 1+2+3...= -1/12 result. I still dont get it

    • @epikherolol8189
      @epikherolol8189 4 місяці тому +3

      Yes pls
      Its difficult and weird af

    • @Nikkhil996
      @Nikkhil996 Місяць тому

      @@epikherolol8189oh bro that’s really really crazy , 😅

  • @louiseefford
    @louiseefford 4 місяці тому +7

    I’ve been waiting for this one TURN IT UPPPP😍

  • @Genius835
    @Genius835 4 місяці тому +7

    I have seen his movie , The man who knew infinity, that was epic movie ❤

  • @UROOZFATIMA190
    @UROOZFATIMA190 3 місяці тому +4

    So exquisite video and proof is also needed unambiguously.

  • @nightmareintegral5593
    @nightmareintegral5593 3 місяці тому +2

    There was also Ramanujan master theorem according to mellin transform in letter to Hardy!

  • @rudrakshsingh3239
    @rudrakshsingh3239 4 місяці тому +2

    Yes, I would love more videos on the mathematics of this film.

  • @EducatedIndian_I_
    @EducatedIndian_I_ 2 місяці тому +1

    Thank you Ellie for making this video

  • @capreal26
    @capreal26 4 місяці тому

    Love how you explain. I could almost understand the Generative Function for Partitions!

  • @hlumelohlumelo4254
    @hlumelohlumelo4254 3 місяці тому

    Thank you Ellie and you just made me more curious on mathematics.

  • @ksmyth999
    @ksmyth999 4 місяці тому +2

    That was truly fascinating and you must have watched the film several times to pick up all those nuances.
    I read the book by Robert Kanigel before watching the film. As far as I remember from the book there was no requirement for Ramanujan to take, presumably, the Tripos. Just after the first blackboard scene which you mentioned, there is a scene of about 6 seconds or so of Ramanujan sitting in a class on Maxwell's equations. This was still a standard part of an undergraduate maths course in the 1960s when I studied maths at London University. You would have thought that although Ramanujan was 100% a pure mathematician, vector calculus with its rather whimsical divs and curls would have piqued his curiosity and influenced his later work. But there seems no evidence for this. The fact that you could pick out so much real maths (as opposed to pseudo science in most films with some technical basis) was most likely because Ken Ono was consulting on the mathematics.

  • @johnbugnoii
    @johnbugnoii 3 місяці тому +2

    Great video and very interesting mathematics and super instructional!! Didn’t realize they showed his actual mathematical equations in the film. Thanks so much for sharing and God bless you!! “An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God.” - Srinivasa Ramanujan

  • @shivrajsingh9087
    @shivrajsingh9087 2 місяці тому +1

    It amazes me there are people who can make sense of these equations, mock thete functions are height of ramanujans magic

  • @dlxaytra1087
    @dlxaytra1087 4 місяці тому +1

    Great video as always

  • @m.theoretical_physics2310
    @m.theoretical_physics2310 4 місяці тому +1

    Such an amazing video. Thanks a lot for this video. Maybe I watched this movie more than 30 times. The life of Ramanujan inspired me a lot to study Mathematics.

  • @jkmitter550
    @jkmitter550 3 місяці тому

    Amazing!! I hope you someday make a video of explaining how Ramanujan came up with the idea of adding all the positive integer equal to -1/12?

  • @armanavagyan1876
    @armanavagyan1876 4 місяці тому +1

    I adore UR VIDEOS and enjoy THEM please keep THEM coming)

  • @aceofspadesrosie
    @aceofspadesrosie 4 місяці тому +1

    Good work Ellie.

  • @jorgehidalgo4792
    @jorgehidalgo4792 4 місяці тому

    I will love to see the video of the proof. You explain so clear that is a delight to watch your videos, even my friend who is sitting next to me likes your video (he does not remember any of his math from high school, but, he likes your video). And he use to call me crazy for watching videos about math.

  • @SurajSingh-nx7yj
    @SurajSingh-nx7yj 4 місяці тому +2

    Thank you 🙏

  • @albertwebster4795
    @albertwebster4795 4 місяці тому +2

    From the digits [1,9] , is it possible to form another 3*3 grid having different total sum ?

  • @Tensor-An
    @Tensor-An 3 місяці тому

    When he gives the series of partitions to hardy for the first time, if you look carefully in the blackboard beside them, there is a zeta function written on it. And it is written with the prime number series of Euler.

  • @shivamrana9990
    @shivamrana9990 3 місяці тому +1

    Sir Ramanujan 🙇‍♀️😊

  • @albertwebster4795
    @albertwebster4795 4 місяці тому +2

    Mine is (522)th like having factors {29,3^2,2} sum of factors {40} !

  • @mintchoco_2558
    @mintchoco_2558 3 місяці тому +1

    Please make a video about mathematics in the kdrama “Melancholia”

  • @LoneWolf-mz5mk
    @LoneWolf-mz5mk 4 місяці тому +2

    Believe it or not, 15-20 days ago I was afraid of mathematics, I did not like mathematics at all, but when I started studying mathematics from a lovely teacher, I fell in love with mathematics.

    • @dlxaytra1087
      @dlxaytra1087 4 місяці тому

      What school level are u in?

    • @LoneWolf-mz5mk
      @LoneWolf-mz5mk 4 місяці тому

      @@dlxaytra1087 I am preparing for GPSC class 1/2 level officer, Which is a government job.

    • @deep12a23
      @deep12a23 4 місяці тому

      ​@@LoneWolf-mz5mk oh ho? Kidhar se pad rahe ho bhaiya?

  • @Ron_DeForest
    @Ron_DeForest 4 місяці тому +1

    Wouldn’t it be amazing to be so good in your field they’re talking about your accomplishments decades after your death?

  • @mateusnanet
    @mateusnanet 4 місяці тому

    Interestingly enough I was looking into partitions and the correlation with musical notes. Indeed it was used by musicians that lived by the time Beethoven lived, and it was applied to mathematical rings which are encoded by wave harmonics. Yes, we love integrals. Great video.

  • @larsbitsch-larsen6988
    @larsbitsch-larsen6988 4 місяці тому

    Thank you for this and I would like too see your next video too.

  • @varunahlawat169
    @varunahlawat169 4 місяці тому +1

    Let’s go with that proof!

  • @Rio243tothenegativeone
    @Rio243tothenegativeone 4 місяці тому +67

    Thumbs up if you want to see the Proof
    👇👇👇

  • @levi_ackerman_3
    @levi_ackerman_3 4 місяці тому +2

    Make video on physics too

  • @svaghar
    @svaghar 3 місяці тому

    This is a great video. Brilliant. I wish I was as smart as you. I really liked the "partition" part. I think I got it. Love math.

  • @sourabhsoni2930
    @sourabhsoni2930 4 місяці тому +1

    Hello Ellie please tell me.. During my Exam I experience a lot of pressure and headache and vomating also due to exam pressure😖. Please tell me how can I handle it.

  • @shrewman5361
    @shrewman5361 4 місяці тому

    What software are you using to write the mathematics notes? Are you also using some sort of a stylus?

  • @priyatamioaa1160
    @priyatamioaa1160 4 місяці тому +2

    hii love for india, plz make a video on how to approach problem in jee advance type of exam

  • @Efesus67
    @Efesus67 4 місяці тому

    Haha, I literally watched the movie about 5 hrs ago because the story of Ramanujan. And YT's algorithm showed me this video. Cool video!

  • @MixbOOsted
    @MixbOOsted 3 місяці тому

    2:40 I like your accent on "Magic" its satisfying idk why lol

  • @armanavagyan1876
    @armanavagyan1876 4 місяці тому

    PROF my favorite movie🤗

  • @abhisiktaray8814
    @abhisiktaray8814 3 місяці тому

    Hello...I'm new to this channel... What field in mathematics did u pursue ur graduate in?

  • @samadritobhattacharyya4757
    @samadritobhattacharyya4757 3 місяці тому

    PROVE IT PROVE IT I NEED IT TOO MUCH

  • @mumishen4819
    @mumishen4819 4 місяці тому

    Go on, preferably with that final Proof on P(n) by Hardy and Ramanujan 😇

  • @nomarxistspls90
    @nomarxistspls90 4 місяці тому

    At 28:58 when you state about the coefficients being equal to the partitions, the coefficients are also in the form of a Fibonacci sequence.
    My question is, does this hold as n tends to ♾️?

    • @srijanraghunath4642
      @srijanraghunath4642 4 місяці тому +1

      Clearly not as the Fibonacci sequence grows much faster than partitions. If you recall the formula for the Fibonacci sequence, you could see that dominating term is phi^n/sqrt(5) where phi is golden ratio. Meanwhile for partitions it’s of the form e^sqrt(an)/(bn). In other words, partitions grow with exponential square root (we’re also dividing by n which makes growth slower.
      The reason for the initial similarity has to do with the generating function. Recall that the generating function encapsulates the behavior of a function around 0 since it’s a power series centered at 0. So if two power series have similar behavior at 0, then the coefficients will also behave somewhat similarly. The generating function for Fibonacci is 1/(1-x-x^2) meanwhile for partitions its 1/((1-x)(1-x^2)(1-x^3)…). Now if x is close to 0, then x^3, x^4,… will be very small. So /((1-x)(1-x^2)(1-x^3)…) is approximately 1/((1-x)(1-x^2))=1/(1-x-x^2+x^3) which is approx 1/(1-x-x^2). So near 0 they have similar generating function.
      Ofc we are dropping infinitely many terms in the generating functions for partitions which is we the approximation only holds in the beginning. The error from the other terms will build up and the Fibonacci no longer becomes good. This is just the intuition tho

    • @nomarxistspls90
      @nomarxistspls90 4 місяці тому

      @@srijanraghunath4642 ah yes I realised after I made the comment and forgot to delete it lol. Thank you for the detailed explanation though🙏🏼

  • @Abhinaytiwari418
    @Abhinaytiwari418 3 місяці тому

    U would be very good teacher ,wish you teach calculus here on yt ,luke function ,limit and continuity ,diffrentiability along with diffrentitaion and integration (defenite and indefenite

  • @SmokeTheHolyChalice
    @SmokeTheHolyChalice 3 місяці тому +1

    I’m sorry, was there mathematics in this video? I was too immersed in the scenery to notice.
    Now that I have triggered everyone’s “creep proximity alert warnings,” let me say excellent job organizing your content in a manner that allows for viewers across the mathematics proficiency spectrum to get a handle on some foreign, and conceptually difficult, theorems by illustrating their proofs. It’s interesting that Ramanujan originally approached these theorems as if they were postulates, with proofs being tedious exercises that were almost beside the point. The human brain is wondrous, while simultaneously being an enigma that holds its secrets close to the chest. Someday maybe we will understand the how and why surrounding Ramanujan’s genius. From your brothers and sisters across the pond, thank you and take care.

  • @thepokefan5780
    @thepokefan5780 4 місяці тому

    The country that gave birth to brilliant minds, vedic sages great mathematicians, ❤❤

  • @wit1729
    @wit1729 4 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful video. Of course we want to see the PROOF🙃

  • @TheSabian321
    @TheSabian321 4 місяці тому

    The professor that Ramanujan encountered involving partitions is actually the gigachad Percy Alexander Macmahon. He regularly beats Ramanujan in battles of mental calculations.

    • @calicoesblue4703
      @calicoesblue4703 Місяць тому

      Where in the movie is Percy beating Ramanujan?

  • @ozgursayg5570
    @ozgursayg5570 4 місяці тому

    Moment is everywhere. For example the moment is the same at 1.000.000 light years away .

  • @dipayn11
    @dipayn11 3 місяці тому +1

    😎proud Indian watching it !

  • @rajibmandal4454
    @rajibmandal4454 4 місяці тому

    Proud to be Indian

  • @user-ym6lj6mf6f
    @user-ym6lj6mf6f 4 місяці тому +2

    I am from india .he was great mathematician .👑❤

    • @dilkhush600
      @dilkhush600 4 місяці тому

      Yes bhai

    • @user-ym6lj6mf6f
      @user-ym6lj6mf6f 4 місяці тому +1

      @@dilkhush600 proud to be indian.cuz legends have passed here.🗿👑

  • @ottertalksgames
    @ottertalksgames 4 місяці тому

    Slayyyyy queeennnn

  • @dfiles6338
    @dfiles6338 4 місяці тому +1

    This JEE exams is not difficult than you😂

  • @user-bj2gg6ho9e
    @user-bj2gg6ho9e 4 місяці тому

    Please do the proof

  • @HBV-um1lq
    @HBV-um1lq 4 місяці тому +1

    We do not invent these formulas, they already exist
    I love this line

  • @Nobilangelo
    @Nobilangelo 4 місяці тому

    An excellent movie, well worth watching again and again.
    (And it is nice to hear mathematics abbreviated properly to maths, not to that ugly, illogical Amwreckian monstrosity, 'math')

  • @airedezamba
    @airedezamba 4 місяці тому

    Looks like he also was a lightening calculator. No?

  • @tejaskashyap6124
    @tejaskashyap6124 3 місяці тому

    I m Indian. First time I have seen a girl having brain and beauty combined. If I were there I would definitely propose you.

    • @calicoesblue4703
      @calicoesblue4703 Місяць тому

      And she would turn you down.

    • @tejaskashyap6124
      @tejaskashyap6124 Місяць тому

      @@calicoesblue4703 No problem, not expecting even. If something comes to mind it sud be expressed, without expectation. Btw i m chemical engineer, & have rarely seen girls inclining toward mathematics instead of biology or medical science.

  • @armanavagyan1876
    @armanavagyan1876 4 місяці тому

    PROF don'tchange UR profile photo i like IT really very much)

  • @imeprezime1285
    @imeprezime1285 3 місяці тому

    Half way through the video I thought you would turn one Australin girl mode who shows letters and papers of famous scientists on YT (regularly in ASMR way). Fortunately you didn't 👍. As concerns the movie, quite sometimes such movies make things up mixing facts and myths. This movie isn't that bad as concerns these matters

  • @lousleightholm
    @lousleightholm 4 місяці тому +1

    Agreed - the mathematics showcased is nothing short of extraordinary!

  • @HBV-um1lq
    @HBV-um1lq 4 місяці тому +1

    don't you love physics please make video on Genius Albert Einstein series

  • @HBV-um1lq
    @HBV-um1lq 4 місяці тому

    spoiler alert xd