Question

write about Srinivasa Ramanujam's Life and his passion

in the field of Mathematics.

Answer 1

Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on December 22, 1887 in Erode, a city in the Tamil Nadu state of India. His father, K. Srinivasa Iyengar was a clerk while his mother, Komalatammal performed as a singer, in a temple. Even though they belonged to the Brahmins who are known to be the highest caste of Hinduism, Ramanujan’s family was very poor.

At the age of 10, in 1897, Ramanujan attended the high school in Kumbakonam Town. There he discovered his intelligence in the field of mathematics and by his independent study of books from the school library; Ramanujan increased his knowledge and skills. At age of just 12 years, he had developed understanding of trigonometry and was able to solve cubic equations andarithmetic and geometric series as well.

Among all of the mathematical literature Ramanujan went through, a book by George Shoobridge Carr, titled as A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics, written in 1886, proved to be the primary medium that laid him onto the path of becoming a great mathematician. He got access to its copy in 1902 and in a short time he not only went through all of its theorems but also verified their results. He also rediscovered the work done by many famous mathematicians including Carl Friedrich Gauss andLeonhard Euler. In addition to this, many new theorems were also formulated by him.

Ramanujan completed his high school by the age of 17, in 1904. Due to his outstanding results, he was awarded scholarship for higher studies in theGovernment Arts College in Kumbakonam. But his inclination towards mathematics led to his failure in non-mathematical subjects and ultimately discontinuation of his scholarship. Ramanujan had to face the same situation in Pachaiyappa’s College, an affiliation of the University of Madras by losing his scholarship there.

Answer 2

srinivas ramanujan a great mathematican was born on 22nd December 1887 in the erode city of tamil nadu his patriatic place is kumbkonam of tanjore district his father name was srinivas ayangar his mother name was komaltammal she was of religious nature ramanujan was brilliant and eager student from the beginning mathematics was his favourite subject up to high class he was the topper of his class he passed high school exam in 1904 and he got scholarship for this on 16th January 1913 he wrote a letter to Prof G.H hardy professor of Cambridge university in which he sent 120theoram also ramanujan was offered the degree of graduation by Cambridge university in march 1916 on the basis of his research