The phys.org article popped up on my google news feed, so the advertising technique seems to have worked. I read the arxiv abstract, and doubted that either algorithm contributed significantly to Ramanujan’s research process. For another perspective see: https://www.scienceandnonduality.com/article/the-secrets-of-ramanujans-garde... ( with quotes from Ono) It seems Ill-advisable to try and recreate Ramanujan’s success using computer technology— the idea of a “Ramanujan Machine” is preposterous—but any means available could be useful for verification, exposition, and extension. —Brad

On Jul 16, 2019, at 6:34 AM, Hans Havermann <gladhobo@bell.net> wrote:

A story in phys.org yesterday: "A team of researchers at the Israel Institute of Technology has built what they describe as a Ramanujan machine - a device that automatically generates conjectures (mathematical statements that are proposed as true statements) for fundamental constants."

An arXiv preprint is here:

https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.00205

There's also a website that provides overview and welcomes participation:

http://www.ramanujanmachine.com

In spite of the authors being listed in the (above noted) preprint, the website (and a link to its version of the paper) currently still pretends to be "anonymous due to the double-blinded process of the peer-reviewed journal to which we submitted the paper". _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun