I heard years ago from an old Indian mathematician friend that, as has been said, the name is correctly pronounced: rah-mah-noo-j'n, though note that the third syllable is noo (no Y sound), and I'm less than certain that the last syllable is pronounced as a schwa. This audio pronunciation by one Komal_K sounds right to me: http://forvo.com/word/srinivasa_ramanujan/ <http://forvo.com/word/srinivasa_ramanujan/>. (But it also seems to illustrate the dropping of the final A in "Srinivasa" — which I had not known of.) —Dan
On May 26, 2016, at 5:44 AM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Someone from South India once told me that all four syllables of "Ramanujan" should be given the same stress.
Jim Propp
On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Dan Asimov <asimov@msri.org> wrote:
On May 25, 2016, at 3:49 PM, Simon Plouffe <simon.plouffe@gmail.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
the film : The man who knew infinity went out, with Jeremy Irons as G.H. Hardy.
based on the novel I presume ?
The book was a non-fiction biography:
<http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Knew-Infinity-Ramanujan/dp/0671750615 < http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Knew-Infinity-Ramanujan/dp/0671750615>>.
I read it when it came out, and liked it a lot.
—Dan
That version of the life of Ramanujan seems good,
I saw one made in India about S.Ramanujan, my god it was bad, I don't remember the title, I did not finished the film , it was too bad , it did not resemble the real thing at all. but that one with Irons seems more credible
7.7 / 10 on IMDB scale.
here is the film : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787524/ < http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787524/>
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