Archive · 21 Dec 2025
Ramanujan’s Pi Formula Links to Black Hole Theory
A long time ago, a smart mathematician named Srinivasa Ramanujan found some special math formulas to calculate pi.
These formulas were very good at giving many digits of pi with just a few steps.
Recently, scientists at the Indian Institute of Science found that these old formulas are connected to modern physics theories.
These theories help us understand things like black holes and how water moves when it's really hot.
The scientists think that Ramanujan's math can help make calculations in physics easier and give us new ways to study the universe.
Ramanujan's 1914 pi formulas are linked to modern conformal field theories (CFTs).
These theories help understand black holes, turbulence, and percolation.
Researchers at IISc found the same math structures in Ramanujan's work and CFTs.
The findings were published in Physical Review Letters.
Ramanujan's math could simplify calculations in high-energy physics.
- Who
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, Aninda Sinha, Faizan Bhat
- What
- Ramanujan’s 1914 pi formulas linked to modern physics theories
- When
- 1914 (discovery), recent (research)
- Where
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
- Why
- To understand black holes, turbulence, and other physical phenomena
- Mathematician
- Srinivasa Ramanujan
- Year of Discovery
- 1914
- Institution
- Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
- Key Theories
- Conformal Field Theories (CFTs)
- Research Focus
- Black Hole Physics, Turbulence, Percolation
- Publication
- Physical Review Letters
- Researchers
- Aninda Sinha, Faizan Bhat