Question

Read the following excerpt written by Ramanujan on 31st January
1913 to a mathematician named G. H. Hardy in Cambridge,
England. Fill in the blanks in the letter with the words given
below. Also discuss with your friends the style of writing used by
Ramanujan . How different is it from the style adopted to draft
emails and letters today.

University
investigation
conventional
approximates
enclosed
convinced
published
indicated
Inexperienced
excused

Dear Sir,

I beg to introduce myself to you as a clerk in the Accounts Department
of the Port Trust Office at Madras on a salary of only £20 per annum. I

am now about 23 years of age. I have had no ………….. education but

I have undergone the ordinary school course. After leaving school I
have been employing the spare time at my disposal to work at
Mathematics. I have not trodden through the ………… regular course,
which is followed in a University course, but I am striking out a new

path for myself. I have made a special …………… of divergent series
in general and the results I get are termed by the local mathematicians

as "startling"
Third Paragraph

Very recently I came across a tract published by you styled Orders of
Infinity in page 36 of which I find a statement that no definite
expression has been as yet found for the number of prime numbers
less than any given number. I have found an expression which very
nearly ………… to the real result, the error being negligible. I would
request you to go through the ……….. papers.
Fourth paragraph
Being poor, if you are ………. that there is anything of value I would
like to have my theorems ……….. I have not given the actual

investigations nor the expressions that I get but I have ……….. the
lines on which I proceed. Being …………. I would very highly value
any advice you give me. Requesting to be ………… for the trouble I

give you.

I remain, Dear Sir,

Yours truly,

S. Ramanujan ​

Answer 1

1.university

2.conventional

3.investigation

4.approximates

5.enclosed

6.convinced

7.published

8.indicated

9.inexperienced

10.excused

Answer 2

Explanation:

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