I think Warren is remarking on the price of the notebooks, as offered by Springer. I get a total of $1191 to $1592 for nine notebooks (I could be off by a bit). Charles Greathouse Analyst/Programmer Case Western Reserve University On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Eugene Salamin via math-fun < math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:

I thought the Ramanujan notebooks are already available as nice printed books from Springer. Would the library even let you near the original notebooks, much less handle them with your greasy fingers (you could wear gloves), and open them up and press them against a scanner? Perhaps it won't be a total loss; while in the UK, you might get to see Prince Chukie and Lady Camilla.

-- Gene

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________________________________ From: Warren D Smith <warren.wds@gmail.com> To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 4:45 PM Subject: [math-fun] Ramanujan's notebooks for $1000?

Here's an idea: fly to Cambridge, get his original notebooks from library, scan them, and fly back home. Probably cost less than $1000...

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