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Ramanujan Taxi — Black
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In 1918, the mathematician G.H. Hardy took a taxi to visit Srinivasa Ramanujan, who was ill in a hospital near London. The cab number was 1729. Hardy mentioned it in passing, calling it a rather dull number. Ramanujan, lying in... Read more
FitRegular Fit
Fabric180gsm combed cotton
NeckRound Neck
SleeveRegular Sleeve
PatternGraphic Print
LengthRegular
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In 1918, the mathematician G.H. Hardy took a taxi to visit Srinivasa Ramanujan, who was ill in a hospital near London. The cab number was 1729. Hardy mentioned it in passing, calling it a rather dull number.
Ramanujan, lying in bed, replied immediately: "No, it is a very interesting number. It is the smallest number expressible as the sum of two cubes in two different ways."
1³ + 12³ = 1729. 9³ + 10³ = 1729. No smaller number has this property.
Ramanujan was a self-taught mathematician from Madras who had received almost no formal training and had no access to most mathematical literature. Hardy brought him to Cambridge. The journals he kept — full of theorems he derived on his own, many of which took decades for other mathematicians to prove — remain one of the most astonishing records in the history of mathematics.
He died at 32. The taxi story became one of the most famous anecdotes in all of mathematics.
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180gsm combed cotton · water-based inks · regular fit · machine wash cold, inside out · printed in India.
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Size chart +
| Size | Chest (in) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|
| XS | 36 | 24 |
| S | 38 | 26 |
| M | 40 | 27 |
| L | 42 | 28 |
| XL | 44 | 29 |
| XXL | 46 | 30 |
| 3XL | 48 | 32 |
Measurements are of the garment, laid flat. Regular fit. Size up for an oversized look.
Rs. 999.00Rs. 799.00