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Say WHY. . . . . . Hardy and Ramanujan could not talk freely with each other.

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Say WHY. . . . . .

Hardy and Ramanujan could not talk freely with each other.

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Ramanujan was an untrained genius. There was a big difference in Ramanujan's and Hardy's education. Ramanujan knew nothing of modern rigor; he did not know what proof was and Hardy was obliged to teach him some formal mathematics. He was sometimes confused with Hardy's conversation when it was outside mathematics. Due to all these reasons, Hardy and Ramanujan could not talk freely with each other.

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Q 2. (d)
Chapter 4.4: Ramanujan - English workshop [Page 95]

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