Ramanujan dumped 120 unproven theorems on Hardy — by today's norms, he should've stayed a clerk
mjuric · x · 2026-10-10
A satirical take by mjuric: Ramanujan once dumped 120 unproven theorems on Hardy in a single letter — unrequested work, 'total disregard for the norms of the field,' 'demonstration of power, not scholarship' — so by today's standards he 'should've stayed clerking in Madras.' The post mocks current discourse that reflexively brands norm-breaking submissions as power plays rather than judging the work itself.
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