Inida has decided to observe 2012 as the National Mathematical Year to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Records say that his mother Komalatammal used to sing in a local temple in Thanjavur district. I have tried to get some idea about how much music was in Ramanujan, but could not locate much information. However, a lot of studies have gone into the aspects of mathematics in music and vice versa. German philosopher-mathematician of the 17th century, Leibniz wrote: “Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting with out being aware that it is counting”
Notable studies of Xiadeng and Gordon Shaw in this area state that classical music and higher mathematics excite the same part of the cortex in human brain which contains the repertoire of spatio-temporal thinking. Spatio-temporal thinking is the base of all rhythms and scales in music…and these T.N.Seshagopalan renderings prove that.
1. http://gaana.com/#/streamalbums/Madurai_T_N_Seshagopalan_Vocal_Vol_2_Live_8581
2. Seethamma Mayamma- http://www.muzigle.com/artist/t-n-seshagopalan#!track/seethamma-maayamma
3. Hamsaanandi Ragalapana- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP6wCPZ4SPU
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