Ramanujan: Twelve Lectures on Subjects Suggested by His Life and Work

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Summary: A nice reprint of a valuable book
Review: This is a great book for those of you who want to learn the works of the great Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. It was written by G.H.Hardy, who intorduced Ramanujan to the western world of Mathematics. 12 subjects are discussed, as written by Ramanujan, with comments. The layout and printing of the book are excellent. This edition corrected a number of errors of the previous editions. I expected a little more comments by the editors for people less proficient in Number theory. You will need a copy of "An Introduction to Theory of Numbers" by Hardy and Wright, to follow this book. If you want to know more about Ramanujan, some great books are: "The Man who knew infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan" by Robert Kanigel (the best biography of Ramanujan) and "A Mathematician's apology" by GH Hardy et al.