In his small Indian village, the child Ramanujan asks: “What is small?... What is big?” He contemplates this problem in creative ways: “A mango is like an egg. It is just one thing. But if I chop it ...

Stars Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons and director Matthew Brown stop by the WSJ Cafe to share the inside story of the new movie "The Man Who Knew Infinity" and discuss why the story of the Indian math ...

Professor Gerald Lambeau: You ever heard of Ramanujan? Dr. Sean Maguire:... no. Lambeau: … lived over 100 years ago. He was Indian, dot (pointing to forehead). Maguire: Not feathers, yeah. Lambeau: He ...

SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN was a mathematician like no other. He had almost no formal training yet produced some of the most stunning mathematical results of all time. This month marks the 100th anniversary ...