I had a friend at university who studied mathematics with me (I studied both maths and computer science, but he was a genuine mathematician, and a pretty good o

I had a friend at university who studied mathematics with me (I studied both maths and computer science, but he was a genuine mathematician, and a pretty good one, much better than me), and he told me that he often takes problems "to bed". After that he would often wake up with at least a half solution in his head. Sometimes a full solution. Ramanujan was like that too. He believed that a goddess sends him solutions in his sleep. Not sure if the goddess is real, but the formulas certainly were real. http://www.oceanvivasilver.com/5-namakkals-infinity-dream-srinivasa-ramanuja http://www.oceanvivasilver.com/5-namakkals-infinity-dream-sr...