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Not a blackboard, but just a slate. Paper was too expensive for him, so he used it only to write down results. Source: https://www.quantamagazine.org/three-puz
by qart 6y ago
Not a blackboard, but just a slate. Paper was too expensive for him, so he used it only to write down results.
Source: https://www.quantamagazine.org/three-puzzles-inspired-by-ramanujan-20160714/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/three-puzzles-inspired-by-ram...
- cpach 6y agoThat’s very fascinating. I guess it still is the case for many people in the world, that paper is too expensive. Whereas for many of us it’s readily available in massive, one might even say infinite, quantities.