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Write about the great mathematician Srinivas Ramanujan.​

Answer 1

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Srinivasa Ramanujan, (born December 22, 1887, Erode, India—died April 26, 1920, Kumbakonam), Indian mathematician whose contributions to the theory of numbers include pioneering discoveries of the properties of the partition function. ...

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1. ᴏɴᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛᴇꜱᴛ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄɪᴀɴꜱ ᴏꜰ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ, ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ'ꜱ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀy ᴏꜰ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀꜱ ʜᴀꜱ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴩʀᴏꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ɪɴᴅᴇᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴩʜᴇɴᴏᴍᴇɴᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛɪᴇᴛʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴜʀy. ᴛʜɪꜱ ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅᴀʀy ɢᴇɴɪᴜꜱ ᴏꜰ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ ʀᴀɴᴋꜱ ᴀᴍᴏɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʟʟ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴇᴜʟᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴊᴀᴄᴏʙɪ.
2. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ʟɪᴠᴇᴅ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ꜰᴏʀ 32 yᴇ ʙᴜᴛ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜱʜᴏʀᴛ ꜱᴩᴀɴ ʜᴇ ᴩʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀᴇᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴜʟᴀ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛᴏᴅᴀy ʀᴇᴍᴀɪɴ ᴜɴꜰᴀᴛʜᴏᴍᴀʙʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴩʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛ ᴀɢᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴜᴩᴇʀ ᴄᴏᴍᴩᴜᴛᴇʀꜱ. ʜᴇ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ʙᴇʜɪɴᴅ ʜɪᴍ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ 4000 ꜰᴏʀᴍᴜʟᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀᴇᴍꜱ.
3. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀy ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴩᴛᴜᴀʟ ꜱᴛᴀɢᴇ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ꜰᴀɪʟᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴩ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ᴩʀᴇᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴᴛɪᴍᴇʟy ᴅᴇᴍɪꜱᴇ. ʜɪꜱ ᴩᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴍyꜱᴛᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴀꜱ ʜɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴏʀᴇᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʀᴍᴜʟᴀ.
4. ꜱʀɪɴɪᴠᴀꜱ ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴅᴇᴇᴩʟy ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ ꜱᴩɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟɪᴛy ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄꜱ. ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴢᴇʀᴏ ʀᴇᴩʀᴇꜱᴇɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀʙꜱᴏʟᴜᴛᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛy. ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜᴇʀꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀꜱᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴏᴜʀᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ʜɪꜱ ʀᴇᴍᴀʀᴋᴀʙʟᴇ ɢᴇɴɪᴜꜱ ɪɴ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄꜱ.
5. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴛᴇᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɴᴅᴜ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴠɪᴛy ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱ ᴜꜱᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴠɪꜱɪᴛ ʜɪᴍ ɪɴ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʜᴇ ᴡʀᴏᴛᴇ ᴇqᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴛᴏɴɢᴜᴇ. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏyᴀʟ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴇᴛy ᴏꜰ ʟᴏɴᴅᴏɴ.
6. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴩᴏᴏʀ ᴩᴀʀᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴏɴ ᴅᴇᴄᴇᴍʙᴇʀ 22, 1887 ᴀᴛ ᴇʀᴏᴅᴇ ɪɴ ᴛᴀᴍɪʟ ɴᴀᴅᴜ. ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴇᴍᴩʟᴏyᴇᴅ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴄʟᴇʀᴋ ɪɴ ᴀ ᴄʟᴏᴛʜ ᴍᴇʀᴄʜᴀɴᴛ'ꜱ ꜱʜᴏᴩ. ʜᴏᴡᴇᴠᴇʀ, ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀ ꜱʜᴀʀᴩ ɪɴᴛᴇʟʟᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴍᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴀꜱᴛʀᴏʟᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ ᴩʀᴇᴅɪᴄᴛɪᴏɴꜱ.
7. ɴᴏᴛ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪꜱ ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜɪꜱ ᴇᴀʀʟy ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴄʜᴏᴏʟɪɴɢ ᴇxᴄᴇᴩᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀ ꜱᴏʟɪᴛᴀʀy ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ʙy ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ. ɪᴛ ɪꜱ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ʙᴏʀɴ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ʀᴇꜱᴜʟᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴀʀᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴩʀᴀyᴇʀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱ ɴᴀᴍɢɪʀɪ. ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ᴀᴛᴛʀɪʙᴜᴛᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴩᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɢᴏᴅᴅᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡɪꜱᴅᴏᴍ. ꜰᴏʀ ʜɪᴍ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴜꜱᴇꜰᴜʟ ᴜɴʟᴇꜱꜱ ɪᴛ ᴇxᴩʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴇꜱꜱᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴏꜰ ꜱᴩɪʀɪᴛᴜᴀʟɪᴛy.
8. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ᴩʀᴏꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴍᴀɴɪꜰᴇꜱᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛy. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄɪᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴇɴɪᴜꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴛʀᴀɴꜱᴄᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴏᴜɢʜᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴀɴ ᴇxᴩᴇʀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴩʀᴇᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴅʀᴇᴀᴍꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀꜱᴛʀᴏʟᴏɢy. ᴛʜᴇꜱᴇ qᴜᴀʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ ʜᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ɪɴʜᴇʀɪᴛᴇᴅ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴏᴛʜᴇʀ.
9. ʜɪꜱ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴩᴏɪɴᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴏʙꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ. ʜᴇ ɪɢɴᴏʀᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇʀyᴛʜɪɴɢ ᴇʟꜱᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴩʟᴀy ᴡɪᴛʜ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀꜱ ᴅᴀy ᴀɴᴅ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ᴏɴ ᴀ ꜱʟᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴍɪɴᴅ. ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴀy ʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴩᴏꜱꜱᴇꜱꜱ ɢ.ꜱ ᴄᴀʀʀ'ꜱ "ꜱyɴᴏᴩꜱɪꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴩᴜʀᴇ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄꜱ", ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ 6,000 ꜰᴏʀᴍᴜʟᴀ ɪɴ ᴀʟɢᴇʙʀᴀ, ᴛʀɪɢᴏɴᴏᴍᴇᴛʀy ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀʟᴄᴜʟᴜꜱ ʙᴜᴛ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ɴᴏ ᴩʀᴏᴏꜰꜱ.
10. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ʜɪꜱ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴩᴀɴɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴍᴩʀᴏᴠᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴏᴡɴ. ʜɪꜱ ᴏʙꜱᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴩʀᴇᴏᴄᴄᴜᴩᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄꜱ ᴅɪᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ᴀʟʟᴏᴡ ʜɪᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴩᴀꜱꜱ ʜɪꜱ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴍᴇᴅɪᴀᴛᴇ ᴇxᴀᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ꜱᴩɪᴛᴇ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ᴀᴛᴛᴇᴍᴩᴛꜱ. ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ɴᴏᴛ ɢᴇᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍɪɴɪᴍᴜᴍ ᴩᴀꜱꜱ ᴍᴀʀᴋꜱ ɪɴ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ꜱᴜʙᴊᴇᴄᴛꜱ.
11. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴍᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ɴɪɴᴇ yᴇᴀʀ ᴏʟᴅ ɢɪʀʟ ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ʟᴀᴜᴀᴋɪ ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴀᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀᴍɪʟy ʀᴇꜱᴩᴏɴꜱɪʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇꜱ. ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ɴᴇʟʟᴏʀᴇ, ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴠᴇʀy ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪᴍᴩʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ʙy ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ɢᴇɴɪᴜꜱ, ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ꜱᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀ ᴄʟᴇʀᴋ'ꜱ ᴊᴏʙ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴅʀᴀꜱ ꜰᴏʀᴛ ᴛʀᴜꜱᴛ. ɪɴ 1913 ʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴀᴄʀᴏꜱꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀʀᴛɪᴄʟᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ʙy ᴩʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱᴏʀ ʜᴀʀᴅy.
12. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ꜱᴛᴀyᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴄᴀᴍʙʀɪᴅɢᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰᴏᴜʀ yᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴩᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ʜᴇ ᴩʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴇᴅ ᴍᴀɴy ᴩᴀᴩᴇʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ꜱɪɢɴɪꜰɪᴄᴀɴᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴄᴏʟʟᴀʙᴏʀᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴇɴᴛᴏʀ ᴩʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱᴏʀ ʜᴀʀᴅy. ʜɪꜱ ᴩʜᴇɴᴏᴍᴇɴᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴄᴇᴩᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ɢᴇɴɪᴜꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴄᴏɢɴɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴀʟʟ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀᴄᴀᴅᴇᴍɪᴄ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ.
13. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴇʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ꜰᴇʟʟᴏᴡ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏyᴀʟ ꜱᴏᴄɪᴇᴛy, ʟᴏɴᴅᴏɴ ɪɴ 1918. ʜᴇ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴛʜᴇɴ 30 yᴇᴀʀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀɢᴇ. ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀy ᴏꜰ ᴄᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴ ᴀʀᴇᴀꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴍᴀᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ʀᴇᴀʟʟy ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱᴛɪᴄ ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴀʙʟᴇ. ʙᴜᴛ ꜱᴏᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴀʀᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴋ ʙᴇɢᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ᴀꜰꜰᴇᴄᴛ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀʟᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴇ ꜰᴇʟʟ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱʟy ɪʟʟ ɪɴ ᴀᴩʀɪʟ, 1917.
14. ʀᴀᴍᴀɴᴜᴊᴀɴ ʜᴀᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴜʙᴇʀᴄᴜʟᴏꜱɪꜱ. ᴀɴᴅ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇɴᴅ ʜɪᴍ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ ꜰᴏʀ ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. ʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜᴇᴅ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ ᴏɴ ᴍᴀʀᴄʜ 27, 1919. ʜᴇ ʙʀᴇᴀᴛʜᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ʟᴀꜱᴛ ᴏɴ ᴀᴩʀɪʟ 26, 1920 ᴀᴛ ᴋᴜᴍʙᴀᴋᴏɴᴀᴍ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɢᴇ ᴏꜰ 32 yᴇᴀʀꜱ. ʜɪꜱ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ꜱʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴩʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱᴏʀ ʜᴀʀᴅy ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀꜱ ʙᴇyᴏɴᴅ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ.