Srinivasa ramanujan was born on 22 december 1887, in erode, madras presidency, british india, to k. Life and work of the mathemagician srinivasa ramanujan. Srinivasa ramanujan born december 22, 1887 in erode, india was an indian mathematician who made substantial contributions to mathematicsincluding results in number theory, analysis, and infinite seriesdespite having little formal training in math. The history of the notebooks, in brief, is the following. Srinivasa rao the institute of mathematical sciences, chennai 600 1.
Srinivasa ramanujan, hailed as one of the greatest mathematicians of this cen. Srinivasa ramanujan, born december 22, 1887, erode, indiadied april 26, 1920, kumbakonam, indian mathematician whose contributions to the theory of numbers include pioneering discoveries of the properties of the partition function. Srinivasa ramanujan, hailed as one of the greatest mathematicians of this cen tury, left behind an incredibly vast and formidable amount of original work, which has greatly in. Ramanujan had noted down the results of his researches, without proofs, as in a synopsis of elementary results, a book on pure mathematics, by g. 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. Srinivasa ramanujan is remembered for his unique mathematical brilliance, which he had largely developed by himself.
Srinivasa ramanujan frs was an indian mathematician who lived during the british rule in. His family was a humble one and his father worked as a clerk in a sari shop. Biography of srinivasa ramanujan biography continued. At age 31 ramanujan was one of the youngest fellows in the history of the royal. The preface to the collected papers of srinivasa ramanujan iii, p. In 1920 he died at age 32, generally unknown to the world at large but recognized by mathematicians as a phenomenal genius, without peer since leonhard euler 170783 and carl jacobi 180451.
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In his book scientific edge, the physicist jayant narlikar spoke of srinivasa ramanujan, discovered by the cambridge mathematician hardy, whose great mathematical findings were beginning to be appreciated from 1915 to 1919. A tribute to great mathematician srinivasa ramanuajan the inspirational romantic story of a mathematician for the youth a letter dated january 16, 19 came. Srinivasa iyengar ramanujan born 22 december 1887 kumbakonam, madras presidency british india died 26 april 1920 chetput, madras, british india college government arts college pachaiyappas college cambridge university academic advisors g. Introduction srinivasa ramanujan, hailed as one of the greatest mathematicians of this century, left behind an incredibly vast and formidable amount of original work, which. But this is formed by great mathematician of our country srinivasa ramanujan. Hardy on january 16 and february 27, 19, are two of the most famous letters in the history of mathematics. His achievements were to be fully understood much later, well after his untimely death in 1920. Srinivasa ramanujan english version mactutor history of. This square looks like any other normal magic square.
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