I a huge fan of Ramanujan and one of my favorite story of his is: Ramanujan was in school and his teacher was explaining the concept of division when the numerator and denominator are the same. The teacher says "if there are 5 people in the class and we have 5 apples, then each one will get one apple. If we have 10 people and 10 apples, then each one will still get one apple".
Ramanujan asks the teacher, if there are zero people in the class and there are zero apples, will each person still get one apple?
I am not sure how old he was at that time but going by the topic, must have been in middle school. Amazing how his mind worked even at that young an age...
I believe the story was also mentioned in The Man Who Knew Infinity (but don't remember if the narrative is the same or not).
Ramanujan asks the teacher, if there are zero people in the class and there are zero apples, will each person still get one apple?
I am not sure how old he was at that time but going by the topic, must have been in middle school. Amazing how his mind worked even at that young an age...
I believe the story was also mentioned in The Man Who Knew Infinity (but don't remember if the narrative is the same or not).