Synopsis of Pure Mathematics
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Synopsis of Pure Mathematics is a book by G. S. Carr
, written in 1886. The book attempted to summarize the state of most of the basic mathematics known at the time.
The book is noteworthy because it was a major source of information for the legendary and self-taught mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
who managed to obtain a library loaned copy from a friend in 1903. Ramanujan reportedly studied the contents of the book in detail. The book is generally acknowledged as a key element in awakening the genius of Ramanujan.
G. S. Carr
George Shoobridge Carr wrote Synopsis of Pure Mathematics . This book, first published in England in 1880, was read and studied closely by Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan when he was a teenager....
, written in 1886. The book attempted to summarize the state of most of the basic mathematics known at the time.
The book is noteworthy because it was a major source of information for the legendary and self-taught mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srīnivāsa Aiyangār Rāmānujan FRS, better known as Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan was a 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...
who managed to obtain a library loaned copy from a friend in 1903. Ramanujan reportedly studied the contents of the book in detail. The book is generally acknowledged as a key element in awakening the genius of Ramanujan.