1729 is a very interesting number; it is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways.

Srinivasa Ramanujan

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Srinivasa Ramanujan

Indian mathematician born in 1887 who, with almost no formal training, produced astonishing results in number theory and infinite series. His collaboration with G. H.

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Source: Anecdote reported by G. H. Hardy (Hardy-Ramanujan number)Verified

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An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of God.

I have not trodden through the conventional regular course which is followed in a university course, but I am striking out a new path for myself.

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