STUDENT: Excuse me, Professor Lambeau?
LAMBEAU: Yes.
STUDENT: I'm in your Applied Theories class. We're all down at the Math and Science building.
LAMBEAU: It's Saturday.
STUDENT: I know. We just couldn't wait till Monday to find out.
LAMBEAU: Find out what?
STUDENT: Who proved the theorem.

 

LAMBEAU: Is it my imagination, or has my class grown considerably? I look around and see young people who are my students, young people who are not my students as well as some of my colleagues. And by no stretch of my imagination do I think you've all come to hear me lecture. But rather to ascertain the identity of who our esteemed "The Tech" has come to call "The Mystery Math Magician." Whoever you are, you've solved four of the most difficult theorems I've ever given a class. So without further ado, come forward, silent rogue, and receive thy prize.
(No one appears.)
Well, I'm sorry to disappoint my spectators, but it appears there will be no unmasking here today. I'm going to have to ask those of you not enrolled in the class to make your escape now.

LAMBEAU: So this Ramanujan lived in a tiny hut in India. No formal education, no access to other works. But he came across an old math book and from this basic text he was able to extrapolate theories that had baffled mathematicians for years.
SEAN: And he mailed it to Hardy...
LAMBEAU: That's right, Sean. He mailed it to a professor at Cambridge who immediately recognized the brilliance in his work and brought Ramanujan to England.
SEAN: Where he contracted pneumonia and died at a young age...
LAMBEAU: They worked together for the remainder of their lives, producing some of the most exciting math theory ever done. Ramanujan's genius was unparalleled, Sean. This boy is like that. But he's very defensive and I need someone who can get through to him.
SEAN: Why me?
LAMBEAU: I need someone with your kind of background.
SEAN: My kind of background?
LAMBEAU: You're from the same neighborhood. South Boston.