Home›Articles›Modern›The Textbook That Taught Ramanujan Not to Prove AnythingArticleThe Textbook That Taught Ramanujan Not to Prove AnythingModernConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnSrinivasa Ramanujan, Mathematicians Well-attested SourcesMacTutor History of Mathematics Archivetier 1University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and StatisticsBiographies/Ramanujan page, paragraph on G. S. Carr's Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics (1886)Quote, Biographies/Ramanujan page, paragraph on G. S. Carr's Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure Mathematics (1886)the style of the book was to have a rather unfortunate effect on the way Ramanujan was later to write down mathematics since it provided the only model that he had of written mathematical argumentsView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.