''Synopsis of Pure Mathematics'' is a book by
G. S. Carr
George Shoobridge Carr (1837–1914) was a British mathematician. He wrote ''Synopsis of Pure Mathematics'' (1886). This book, first published in England in 1880, was read and studied closely by mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan when he was a t ...
, written in 1886. The book attempted to summarize the state of most of the basic mathematics known at the time.
The book is noteworthy because it was a major source of information for the legendary and self-taught mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan (; born Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, ; 22 December 188726 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis ...
who managed to obtain a library loaned copy from a friend in 1903.
[''A to Z of mathematicians'' by Tucker McElroy 2005 page 221] Ramanujan reportedly studied the contents of the book in detail.
The book is generally acknowledged as a key element in awakening the genius of Ramanujan.
[''Collected papers of Srinivasa Ramanujan'' Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, Godfrey Harold Hardy, P. Veṅkatesvara Seshu Aiyar 2000 page xii]
Carr acknowledged the main sources of his book in its preface:
Bibliography
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External links
* - archive.org
* - archive.org
* - rarebooksocietyofindia.org
Mathematics books
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