Colloquium

Thursday, Sep.27, 2007

4:00 PM, BAC 102

Speaker: Bruce Berndt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: The five strangest, most fascinating, most interesting results in

Ramanjuan's lost notebook.

Abstract: Many of Ramanujan's results, especially from his lost notebook,

are so strange and surprising that it would seem that no one else, either

in the present or the future, would have had the foresight to discover

them.  Five entries from Ramanujan's lost notebook have been chosen for

presentation and detailed discussion.  Each of them is surprising.  All

have been proved, except for one (as of this writing).  Most of these

entries have their origins in number theory and analysis.  The lecture

will begin with a 10-15 minute history and description of the lost

notebook.