jimschem – by the way I want to know how many of Einstein theorem was at your text book from your education at school time you have studied or understood. I learned that it took 20 years before anyone can decipher and interpret his relativity theory to be understood by a layman.
Ramanujans theorems – Ramanujan died – nobody expected that even him else things would have been very different.
jimschem – just look at some of these from Ramanujans :: ( its just the tip of iceberg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_topics_named_after_Srinivasa_Ramanujan
P/S Uncle Cletus, Ph.D - the above theorems and formulas are just tip of iceberg of Ramanujans inventions - and as you said about Einsteins relativity theory these too did not discover itself by itself
Einstein have to go to school then high school , then polytechnics , then Universities – exposed to every bit of European educational hierarchy and know-how until he was saturated enough to contribute.
Ramanujan – is almost not educated at all – he is a high school drop out – he is from the miserable poorest pathetic Indian village (just like in Ethiopia) where people die out of starvation. He had discovered one mathematical book – from there he interpolate and extrapolate all the facts out and without any knowledge of modern mathematics he start to invent and create mathematical wonders – even the highest and best mathematicians goes GA GA.
To know who is smarter there is only one way – lets virtually place Uneducated Ramanujan at Einstein place and put Einstein at Ramanujans village – no electricity, no current , unconventional thick tradition of almost no exposure to modern educational world – YOU WILL KNOW WHAT WHO WILL TURN OUT TO EVEN SURVIVE.
Ramanujan did not get his credits because he died after only exposed to about 5 years to European knowledge.
Einstein is a rock star and a celebrity. That’s all. Even Linus Pauling is more genius then him.
Einstein was not very good with his mathematics he quoted once
"Do not worry about your problems with mathematics; I assure you mine are far greater."
By Albert Einstein.
No one called Einstein equals to NEWTON – Google out how many European professors identifies Ramanujan equals only to Newton or he is the second Newton.
I am a professional – I have one degree in Engineering and one masters in applied science.
IT IS RAMANUJAN - That is a reality , anything else then it surely wont have evidence or tangible references