Seminar at SMU Delhi
March 11, 2015 (Wednesday) ,
3:30 PM at Webinar
Speaker:
Eknath Ghate,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Title:
The Tau of Ramanujan
Abstract of Talk
The sequence of numbers 1, -24, 252, -1472, 4830, ... was extensively
studied by the great Indian mathematician Ramanujan almost a century ago.
These numbers - the values of Ramanujan's tau-function - have been the
guiding force behind several themes in Number Theory. They continue to
tantalize us with easy-to-understand problems some of which are still open
today. This talk will be a relaxed introduction to these numbers and is
meant for a general audience.