On 3/11/2011 9:06 PM, John F. Sowa wrote:
> Ali, (01)
> Yes, of course. There was absolutely no way to get Ramanujan
> to verbalize his knowledge -- in any notation. He could not write
> down a proof in mathematical notation, nor could he explain it in
> any natural language. He just solved the problems in his head
> and wrote down the answers -- and he was always right. (02)
Well, Ramanujan was right most of the time. That's why it is important
to write things down. I have always been amazed at how much of technical
work is done orally. I have been on $b+ projects in which the design
specifications were "explained". (03)
-John Bottoms
FirstStar Systems
Concord, MA USA (04)
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