By age 11, he had exhausted the mathematical knowledge of two college students who were lodgers at his home. He was later lent a book by S.L. Loney on advanced trigonometry. read more
A new formula, inspired by the mysterious work of Srinivasa Ramanujan, could improve our understanding of black holes. Devised by Ken Ono of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, the formula concerns a type of function called a mock modular form (see main story). read more