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The theory of partitions, founded by Euler in the mid-eighteenth century, underwent a glorious transformation under the magic touch of Ramanujan in the early twentieth century. The discussion includes the revolutionary work of Ramanujan on partition congruences, the Hardy–Ramanujan asymptotic formula for the partition function, and the Rogers–Ramanujan identities, and story of their discoveries. Also included is a discussion of the current state of research on partitions and the continuing influence of Ramanujan’s ideas in this area.
Appeared in The Hindu, India’s National Newspaper, in December 1999 for Ramanujan’s 112th anniversary.
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Alladi, K. (2013). Ramanujan and Partitions. In: Ramanujan's Place in the World of Mathematics. Springer, India. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0767-2_17
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