Title

Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) And The Theory Of Partitions Of Numbers And Statistical Mechanics A Centennial Tribute

Keywords

Asymptotic formula; Bose-Einstein statistics; Congruence Identities; Fermi-Dirac statisitics; Gentile statistics; Maxwell-Boltzmann statistics; Partition of Numbers; Restricted and unrestricted Partitions

Abstract

This centennial tribute commemorates Ramanujan the Mathematician and Ramanujan the Man. A brief account of his life, career, and remarkable mathematical contributions is given to describe the gifted talent of Srinivasa Ramanujan. As an example of his creativity in mathematics, some of his work on the theory of partition of numbers has been presented with its application to statistical mechanics. © 1987, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-1987

Publication Title

International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences

Volume

10

Issue

4

Number of Pages

625-640

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1155/S0161171287000772

Socpus ID

79952818605 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/79952818605

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