In which US TV crime series is one of the characters named after a famous Asian number theorist?

JoshCaleb12

I think it is "Numb3rs" (starring Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz)... and the character is Amita Ramajuan, played by Navi Rawat. I found a report in PDF form online that refers to a number theorist named Ramajuan... but am unable to find any other site that will show up easily here... Oct 17 05, 7:43 PM

gmackematix

Yay, Josh! A series about a mathematician using his hard core maths sounds like an unlikely formula for a TV hit but it has run to a second season. By the way, re-check the spelling of Amita's surname. As she is named after one of the world's most famous mathematicians you shouldn't have trouble finding links. Oct 17 05, 7:49 PM

peasypod

I'll throw in a link for you. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Ramanujan.html Oct 17 05, 7:52 PM

JoshCaleb12

The name I used is as given by the following website... http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/bios/navi_rawat_bio.shtml Oct 17 05, 7:54 PM

gmackematix

Thanks Peasy and fair enough Josh. Here's the wiki site that spells the character names correctly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numb3rs Oct 17 05, 11:37 PM

JoshCaleb12

How can the official website, which spells the character name one way, be wrong??? I'm not disputing that the character is named for this numbers theorist, but I do question claiming that the so-called official website at CBS.com is somehow wrong in spelling a character name... I'd think they would know how their own characters' names are spelled. Nor am I trying to say that official websites are always right, either... but, still... It would be better to say that the wiki site uses the spelling of the famous number theorist as the character's name, rather than saying "they're right" when it clearly disagrees with the "official" website. Oct 18 05, 9:59 PM

gmackematix

All I can say is shame on CBS for misspelling one of its own TV characters on its site. Although to be fair, the name has only been typed in once there. Here is a list of characters in each episode. As these most likely originate from the credits of the program itself, I'd say the spellings are probably bona fide: http://www.numb3rs.org/guest_stars1.htm Oct 19 05, 6:03 PM