What is Ramanujan Machine?

A group of scientists from TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology have recently developed a concept that performs a very unconventional function. This concept is not a machine, but rather an algorithm which the scientists have named the Ramanujan Machine. This algorithm is completely different from conventional algorithms where a problem is generally inputted into a computer program and the algorithm works out the solution. Ramanujan Machine works the other way round where if a constant is fed into the program, the algorithm will come up with an equation involving an infinite series and it will propose its value. The program has been named after Srinivasa Ramanujan keeping in mind how he worked during his lifetime and in spite of very little formal training, he engaged with the most celebrated mathematicians of his time. The algorithm reflects the way Srinivasa Ramanujan functioned, differently. This new algorithm is special since conjectures play a major role in the process of making new discoveries in any branch of science, specifically in mathematics. Until this new algorithm is fully proven, it is going to remain a conjecture and it is possible that new algorithms might come up with this conjecture.

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