Question

The year 1987 was the centenary of the great Indian mathematician Ramanujan. What does this tell us?

Answer 1

The statement "The year 1987 was the centenary of the great Indian mathematician, Ramanujan" tells us that the great Indian mathematician, Ramanujan was born in the year 1887.

• The word "centenary" is derived from the Latin word "centenarium", meaning 'a period of 100 years."

• Therefore, a centenary marks the completion of 100 years of an event.

• Thus, centenary here means the 100th birth anniversary of Ramanujan.

• This implies that Ramanujan was born 100 years before 1987.

=> Birth year of Ramanujan = 1987 - 100 = 1887

• ∴ Ramanujan was born in the year 1887.

Answer 2

Answer:

It was the hundredth birth anniversary of the great Indian mathematician Ramanujan.