The Meaning of Ramanujan and His Lost Notebook

George E. Andrews Evan Pugh Professor of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University George Andrews will describe the brief life of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the selftaught Indian mathematical genius whose legacy includes many formulas that were new and surprising and that took many years for others to prove. Andrews will use elementary arithmetic to illustrate Ramanujan s mathematical work. He will also discuss the philosophical issue of whether mathematical truth transcends culture, incorporating ideas of