Dear Scientist and Staff,

ICTP and Scuola Media Corsi are following up their fruitful collaboration in staging the plays Nikola Tesla, Hypathia, and Rossum's Universal Robots by working together again, this time on a video project.

A 20 minute video will be produced, to be shown on the occasion of the Ramanujan Prize 2016 Ceremony, on November 4.

The idea came from the recent release of the biographical movie on Ramanujan (1887-1920) The Man Who Knew Infinity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Knew_Infinity_(film)

The video, in the form of brief interviews with students and scientists, will be based on a script, written in collaboration with ICTP and the Guido Corsi School, so we are asking for your ideas and contributions:

The subject will be "Creativity".

ICTP scientists / staff  are invited to contribute with a text of 600 characters max (please no more than that!) expressing their thoughts on one or more of the following questions:

·      Where is creativity to be found?

·      Where does an idea come from?

·      Is school necessary or not?

·      How do you recognize a good idea?

·      Are ideas better born working alone or in groups?

It is suggested, but not necessary, that the contributions focus on mathematical creativity. Personal thoughts on creativity at large would fit as well. You may also be inspired by the Ramanujan Prize Award itself http://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-ramanujan-prize.aspx

Contributions in your native language are encouraged, and they should be accompanied by an English version. The video will be subtitled both in English and Italian.

The texts received will be put together and edited into a script and then the interviews will be filmed at ICTP. The video will include some musical inserts.

The  deadline for receiving your written contributions is 20 September!

Please send your contributions to:

Zina Makkawi (zmakkawi@ictp.it) - ext 507
Nicoletta Zar (zar@ictp.it) - ext 215

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There is a rich bibliography on this extraordinary mathematician. Interesting literature is available in your Library (see references below).

Literature on Ramanujan available in your Library

Ramanujan's notebooks

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000045652&local_base=WEBALL

The Indian clerk by David Leavitt, 2007

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000105730&local_base=WEBALL

The man who knew infinity by Robert Kanigel, 1992

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000078824&local_base=WEBALL

The mathematical legacy of Srinivasa Ramanuian, by Murty, Maruti Ram, 2013

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000106007&local_base=WEBALL

My search for Ramanujan, by Ono Ken, 2016

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000111251&local_base=WEBALL

Ramanujan: Essays and Surveys, 2001

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000056713&local_base=WEBALL

Ramanujan: Letters and Commentary, 1995

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000044566&local_base=WEBALL

Ramanujan: the man and the mathematician, 2009

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000107884&local_base=WEBALL

Ramanujan: twelve lectures on subjects suggested by his life and work, 1999

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000052481&local_base=WEBALL

Ramanujan's place in the world of mathematics, 2013

http://cat.ictp.it/F/?func=find-c&ccl_term=sys=000106016&local_base=WEBALL

 

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Zina Makkawi (Ms)
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