Live mathematically, but not by the numbers | Ken Ono | TEDxEmory

Ken Ono presents how his university advisor changed his point of view on life's challenges. He explains how one's attempt to live mathematically can lead to happiness. Ono recently aided in the production of the upcoming film "The Man Who Knew Infinity".

Ken Ono is an American mathematician who specializes in number theory, and the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Mathematics at Emory University. Ono's contributions include several monographs and over 150 research articles in number theory, combinatorics, and algebra. He is considered to be an expert in the theory of integer partitions and modular forms. In 2012 he made world news for his work proving the last open conjectures contained in Srinivasa Ramanujan's enigmatic death-bed letter to G. H. Hardy.

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