उसने कहा, अपने प्रति इतने भी उदार मत बनो।
Don’t be so easy on yourself, it said.
Don’t be so easy on yourself, it said.
वे सच ज़रूर होंगे क्योंकि अगर वे सच न होते, तो किसी में भी उन्हें गढ़ने की कल्पना-शक्ति न होती।
They must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have the imagination to invent them.
They must be true because, if they were not true, no one would have the imagination to invent them.
लेकिन रामानुजन जिस चीज़ को सबसे ज़्यादा चाहते थे, वह थी महज़ अपनी मर्ज़ी से जीने की आज़ादी; अकेले रहकर सोचने, सपने देखने, सृजन करने और अपनी ही बनाई दुनिया में खो जाने की आज़ादी।
But what Ramanujan wanted more, more than anything, was simply the freedom to do as he wished, to be left alone to think, to dream, to create, to lose himself in a world of his own making.
But what Ramanujan wanted more, more than anything, was simply the freedom to do as he wished, to be left alone to think, to dream, to create, to lose himself in a world of his own making.
हार्डी जानते थे कि कई गणितज्ञ बिना थके किसी जटिल प्रक्रिया का चरण-दर-चरण अनुसरण तो कर सकते हैं – फिर भी रामानुजन के आगे उनका कोई वजूद नहीं था। सालों बाद, उन्होंने प्राकृतिक गणितीय क्षमता का एक ऐसा अनौपचारिक पैमाना बनाया जिसके तहत उन्होंने खुद को 25 और लिटिलवुड को 30 अंक दिए। उस समय के सबसे प्रतिष्ठित गणितज्ञ डेविड हिल्बर्ट को उन्होंने 80 अंक दिए और रामानुजन को पूरे 100 अंक दिए।
Plenty of mathematicians, Hardy knew, could follow a step-by-step discursus unflaggingly – yet counted for nothing beside Ramanujan. Years later, he would contrive an informal scale of natural mathematical ability on which he assigned himself a 25 and Littlewood a 30. To David Hilbert, the most eminent mathematician of the day, he assigned an 80. To Ramanujan he gave 100.
Plenty of mathematicians, Hardy knew, could follow a step-by-step discursus unflaggingly – yet counted for nothing beside Ramanujan. Years later, he would contrive an informal scale of natural mathematical ability on which he assigned himself a 25 and Littlewood a 30. To David Hilbert, the most eminent mathematician of the day, he assigned an 80. To Ramanujan he gave 100.
उनकी शैक्षणिक असफलता ने उन्हें लीक से हटकर विकसित होने के लिए मज़बूर किया, जिससे वे उस सामाजिक जकड़न से आज़ाद रहे जो उनकी प्रगति को पुराने ढर्रे तक सीमित रख सकती थी।
His academic failure forced him to develop unconventionally, free of the social straightjacket that might have constrained his progress to well-worn paths.
His academic failure forced him to develop unconventionally, free of the social straightjacket that might have constrained his progress to well-worn paths.
एक शुद्ध गणितज्ञ को मानवता के दुखों को दूर करने का महान कार्य अपने अधिक भाग्यशाली साथियों के लिए छोड़ देना चाहिए।
A pure mathematician must leave to happier colleagues the great task of alleviating the sufferings of humanity.
A pure mathematician must leave to happier colleagues the great task of alleviating the sufferings of humanity.