Hardy, Littlewood and Collaboration
Ramanujan's Cambridge work involved Hardy, Littlewood and a wider mathematical culture that translated intuition into proof and publication.
Hardy's Role
Hardy recognized Ramanujan's genius, helped bring him to Cambridge and collaborated on major work such as partition asymptotics.
Littlewood's Presence
Littlewood is part of the Cambridge mathematical setting and should be visible beside Hardy in the collaboration story.
Different Strengths
The collaboration joined Ramanujan's extraordinary intuition with Cambridge standards of proof, exposition and publication.
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