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Write what you think about Ramanujan and his genius
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Srinivasa Ramanujan FRS (/ˈsrɪnɪvɑːs rɑːˈmɑːnʊdʒən/;[1] born Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar; 22 December 1887 – 26 April 1920)[2][3] 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 then considered unsolvable. Ramanujan initially developed his own mathematical research in isolation: according to Hans Eysenck: "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".[4] 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 Ramanujan's work as extraordinary, Hardy arranged for him to travel to Cambridge. In his notes, Hardy commented that Ramanujan had produced groundbreaking new theorems, including some that "defeated me completely; I had never seen anything in the least like them before",[5] and some recently proven but highly advanced results.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
FRS
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Born
22 December 1887
Erode, Madras Presidency, British India
Died
26 April 1920 (aged 32)
Kumbakonam, Madras Presidency, British India
Other names
Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar
Citizenship
British Raj
Education
Government Arts College (no degree)
Pachaiyappa's College (no degree)
Trinity College, Cambridge (Bachelor of Arts by Research, 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
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society
Scientific career
Fields
Mathematics
Institutions
Trinity College, Cambridge
Thesis
Highly Composite Numbers (1916)
Academic advisors
G. H. Hardy
J. E. Littlewood
Influences
G. S. Carr
Influenced
G. H. Hardy
Signature
Srinivasa Ramanujan signature
Answer:
The world will soon remember the renowned Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan once again, as a biopic on his life, named The Man Who Knew Infinity, is set to release this April. Ramanujan, who lived a short but very productive life, continues to be an inspiration for mathematicians across the world, and his work has inspired a lot of research over the years. Here are 10 things to know about him:
1. He was born in 1887 in Erode, located in Tamil Nadu.
His father worked as a clerk with a cloth merchant and his mother was a homemaker who also used to sing at a local temple.
2. His house in Kumbakonam, where the family had moved after his birth, is now maintained as the Srinivasa Ramanujan International Monument.
3. He was married to Janaki Ammal in 1909, who was 9-year-old at that time.
4. He is recognised as one of the greatest mathematicians of his time, but Srinivasa Ramanujan had almost no formal training in math.
Many of his mathematical discoveries were based on pure intuition – but most of them were later proved to be true.
5. He was the second Indian to be inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society, which is a Fellowship of some of the world’s most eminent scientists.
He joined the fellowship in 1918 at the age of 31, as one of youngest fellows in the history of the socie
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7. He compiled 3,900 results (mostly identities and equations), before he lost his life at the age of 32. His infinite series for pi was one of his most celebrated findings.
8. There is also a museum dedicated to telling Ramanujan’s life story. It is located in Chennai and has many photographs of his home and family, along with letters to and from friends, relatives, etc.
The collection is the result of decades of effort by Late P.K. Srinivasan, a renowned math teacher. He worked hard for years looking for his pictures, letters, etc. that could be used in the museum. In 1993, he found a lot of material in a chest in Ramanujan’s old attic.
9. His birth anniversary, December 22, is celebrated as the National Mathematics Day every year.
10. According to reports, Ramanujan used to jot down his ideas in notebooks, in green ink.
One of the notebooks, known as the ‘lost notebook’, was discovered in the Trinity College library by mathematician George Andrews in 1976, and was later published as a book.