What's on Srinivasa Ramanujan: in celebration of the centenary of his election as FRS

Overview

Scientific discussion meeting organised by Professor Ken Ono, Professor George E Andrews, Professor Manjul Bhargava and Professor Robert C Vaughan FRS.

This meeting is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ramanujan’s election as FRS. Distinguished scientists will speak on Ramanujan’s mathematics and its extraordinary legacy across many fields: Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics. The emphasis will be on recent, cutting edge research. The primary goal is to have leaders from these four important threads interact, share ideas, and develop cross-disciplinary collaborations.

The schedule of talks and speaker biographies are available below. Recorded audio of the presentations will be available on this page after the meeting has taken place.

Film screening

There will be a free film screening of the biographical drama The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015) starring Dev Patel as Srinivasa Ramanujan and Jeremy Irons as G H Hardy for delegates at 17:00 on Monday 15 October.

Attending this event

This meeting is intended for researchers in relevant fields.

• Free to attend
• Limited places, advanced registration is essential
• An optional lunch can be purchased during registration

15 October
Session 1
09:00-12:35
Ramanujan’s oeuvres and its mathematical legacy
4 talks  

12:35-13:30 Lunch
Session 2
13:30-17:00
Influence on computer science and electrical engineering
4 talks 

16 October
Session3
09:00-12:30
Ramanujan and number theory
4 talks 

12:30-13:30 Lunch
Session 4
13:30-17:00
Ramanujan and physics
3 talks