Question

Detailed note on the life and contributions of srinivasa ramanujam.

Answer 1

Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈʃriːniˌvɑːsə rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] listen (help·info); 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2] was an Indian mathematician who lived during the British Rule in India. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation: "He tried to interest the leading professional mathematicians in his work, but failed for the most part. What he had to show them was too novel, too unfamiliar, and additionally presented in unusual ways; they could not be bothered".[3] Seeking mathematicians who could better understand his work, in 1913 he began a postal partnership with the English mathematician G. H. Hardy at the University of Cambridge, England. Recognizing the extraordinary work sent to him as samples, Hardy arranged travel for Ramanujan to Cambridge. In his notes, Ramanujan had produced groundbreaking new theorems, including some that Hardy stated had "defeated [him and his colleagues] completely", in addition to rediscovering recently proven but highly advanced results


Born22 December 1887
Erode, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)Died26 April 1920(aged 32)
Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)Residence

Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)

Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (present-day United Kingdom)

NationalityIndianEducation

Government Arts College (no degree)

Pachaiyappa's College(no degree)

Trinity College, Cambridge (BSc, 1916)

Known for

Landau–Ramanujan constant

Mock theta functions

Ramanujan conjecture

Ramanujan prime

Ramanujan–Soldner constant

Ramanujan theta function

Ramanujan's sum

Rogers–Ramanujan identities

Ramanujan's master theorem

Ramanujan–Sato series

AwardsFellow of the Royal SocietyScientific careerFieldsMathematicsInstitutionsTrinity College, CambridgeThesisHighly Composite Numbers (1916)Academic advisors

G. H. Hardy

J. E. Littlewood

InfluencesG. S. CarrInfluencedG. H. Hardy


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Answer 2

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who lived during the British rule in India. He had no formal training in pure mathematics, he still made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series and continued fractions including solutions to mathematical problems considered to be unsolvable. He initially developed his own mathematical isolation. He also tried to interest the leading professional mathematicians in his work, but faced for the most part . What he had to show them was too unfamiliar and additionally presented in unusual ways; they could not be bothered.