Number theory and spiritual connectivity
Ramanujan used a say "An equation means nothing to me, unless it expresses a thought of God.'' For him, the understanding of numbers was a process of spiritual revelation and connection. In his investigation into pure mathematics, the draw extraordinary conclusion that mystified his colleagues, but were eventually, usually proven to be right. He opened a universe of theory that until today is reaping application. The landscape of the infinite was to Ramanujan a reality of both mathematics and spirit.
He would talk for hours on the relationship he saw between God, zero and infinity. He spoke of the quantity 2 to the power 'n' minus one ("2n-1"), explaining that is stood for "the primordial God and several divinities. When n is zero, the expression denotes zero, there is nothing; when n is "1," the expression God; when n is "2," the expression denotes Trinity; when n is "3," when in is "7," the expression denotes the "Saptha Rishis" (a group of seven stars called the "Great Bear"). And he continued with the idea that "Zero represents Absolute Reality. Infinity is the myriad manifestations of the Reality. Their mathematical product, Infinity x 0 is not one number, but all number each of which corresponds to individual acts of creation." For Ramanujan, number and their mathematical relationship were the measure of how the universe fits together. Each new theorem he explored was one more piece of the infinite to fathom.
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