Solution of Ramanujan’s door number problem by using vargaprakriti

Joardar, Bodhideep (2018) Solution of Ramanujan’s door number problem by using vargaprakriti. At Right Angles, 7 (1). pp. 56-57.

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Abstract

The Strand Magazine Door Number Problem, now eternally associated with Ramanujan, may be stated more generally as follows: A street has n houses numbered consecutively, the numbers starting from 1, and there is a house numbered x such that the sums of the house numbers on each side of x are the same. Find n and x, given that n lies within some specified range.

Item Type: Articles in APF Magazines
Authors: Joardar, Bodhideep
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English
Uncontrolled Keywords: Door number problem, Vargaprakriti, Ramanujan, Brahmagupta, bhāvanā.
Subjects: Natural Sciences > Mathematics
Divisions: Azim Premji University > University Publications > At Right Angles
Full Text Status: Public
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URI: http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/1318
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