September 2024 CCTM TriviaEach newsletter will have a trivia question. From those that answer correctly, five winners will be drawn and receive a CCTM Promotional Product. THIS MONTH’s TRIVIA QUESTION: This Bolivian was awarded the Presidential Medal of Excellence and was inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame. In 2016, the U.S. Postal Service honored him with a stamp. Who are they? Last month, we asked you, the members of CCTM “Which famous 20th-century mathematician, largely self-taught and originating from India, made profound contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, and is known for his remarkable formulas related to pi and his intuitive grasp of deep properties of numbers, even though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics? The answer to this question was: Srinivasa Ramanujan Learn more about Ramanujan Last month’s winners were:
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