S1: There is a touching story of Professor Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Putney. P: “No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least. Q: Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress. R: It was 1729. S: The best he could do, as he got to the bedside was : “I say, Ramanujan, I thought the number of the taxi I came down in was a very dull number.” S6: It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes.” The Proper sequence should be: A. PRSQ B. QSPR C. QSRP D. SQRP

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The correct answer is: A. PRSQ

The story is about Professor Hardy visiting Ramanujan as he lay desperately ill in hospital at Putney. Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress. The best he could do, as he got to the bedside was : “I say, Ramanujan, I thought the number of the taxi I came down in was a very dull number.” Ramanujan replied, “No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least. It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes.” The number is 1729.

The correct sequence is:

1. P: Hardy, who was a very shy man, could not find the words for his distress.
2. R: It was 1729.
3. S: The best he could do, as he got to the bedside was : “I say, Ramanujan, I thought the number of the taxi I came down in was a very dull number.”
4. Q: Ramanujan replied, “No Hardy, that is not a dull number in the very least. It is the lowest number that can be expressed in two different ways as the sum of two cubes.”

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow the correct sequence of events.