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Srinivasa Ramanujan

Overview

The man who knew infinity.

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What is it?

Indian genius with almost no formal training. He claimed his formulas were given to him by a goddess in his dreams.

History

1887-1920. His work on infinite series was so advanced we are still using it today to study Black Holes.

Key Idea

He found a formula for Pi that converges instantly. It's used by modern supercomputers.