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In 1914, the mathematical claims of a Hindu clerk in Madras take him to Cambridge.

In 1914, the mathematical claims of a Hindu clerk in Madras bring him to Trinity College, Cambridge.

1914. The mathematical claims of a Hindu clerk in Madras bring him to Trinity College, Cambridge. However, his intuitive insights do not fit with academia’s demands for meticulously calculated proofs, and race proves a further bar to acceptance.

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