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Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, and infinite series. He developed his own mathematical research in isolation in India in the late 19th/early 20th century. Though he had almost no formal training, he rediscovered theorems and produced new original work. He was recognized for his brilliance and invited to work with G. H. Hardy at Cambridge University. Ramanujan died young at age 32 from illness and malnutrition. He independently compiled nearly 3900 mathematical results, most of which have now been proven correct.

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Nisha Mathematician

Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician who made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, and infinite series. He developed his own mathematical research in isolation in India in the late 19th/early 20th century. Though he had almost no formal training, he rediscovered theorems and produced new original work. He was recognized for his brilliance and invited to work with G. H. Hardy at Cambridge University. Ramanujan died young at age 32 from illness and malnutrition. He independently compiled nearly 3900 mathematical results, most of which have now been proven correct.

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Born

22 December 1887
Erode, Madras Presidency (nowTamil Nadu)
Died
26 April 1920 (aged 32)
Chetput, Madras, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu)
Residence
Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu
Nationality
Indian
Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
Government Arts College
Pachaiyappa's College

Srinivasa Ramanujan (Tamil: ) FRS ( pronunciation (helpinfo)) (22 December
1887 26 April 1920) was an Indian mathematician and autodidact who, with almost no formal training in pure
mathematics, made extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series,
and continued fractions. Living in India with no access to the larger mathematical community, which was
centred in Europe at the time, Ramanujan developed his own mathematical research in isolation. As a result,
he rediscovered known theorems in addition to producing new work. Ramanujan was said to be a natural
genius by the English mathematician G. H. Hardy, in the same league as mathematicians such
as Euler and Gauss.
[1]

Ramanujan was born at Erode, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu) in a Tamil Brahmin family
of Thenkalai Iyengar sect.
[2][3][4]
His introduction to formal mathematics began at age 10. He demonstrated a
natural ability, and was given books on advancedtrigonometry written by S. L. Loney that he mastered by the
age of 12; he even discovered theorems of his own, and re-discoveredEuler's identity independently.
[5]
He
demonstrated unusual mathematical skills at school, winning accolades and awards. By 17, Ramanujan had
conducted his own mathematical research on Bernoulli numbers and the EulerMascheroni constant.
Ramanujan received a scholarship to study at Government College in Kumbakonam, which was later rescinded
when he failed his non-mathematical coursework. He joined another college to pursue independent
mathematical research. During the same time, Diwan Bahadul R. Ramachandra Rao, ICS; who was a keen
mathematician and served as President of the Indian Mathematical Society himself; assisted Ramanujan in
getting a clerical job in the Accountant-General's office at the Madras Port Trust Office to support himself.
[6]
In
19121913, he sent samples of his theorems to three academics at the University of Cambridge. G. H. Hardy,
recognizing the brilliance of his work, invited Ramanujan to visit and work with him at Cambridge. He became
a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Ramanujan died
of tuberculosis caused by illness and malnutrition in 1920 at the age of 32.
During his short life, Ramanujan independently compiled nearly 3900 results
(mostly identities and equations).
[7]
Nearly all his claims have now been proven correct, although a small
number of these results were actually false and some were already known.
[8]
He stated results that were both
original and highly unconventional, such as the Ramanujan prime and the Ramanujan theta function, and these
have inspired a vast amount of further research.
[9]
The Ramanujan Journal, an international publication, was
launched to publish work in all areas of mathematics influenced by his work.
[10]

In December 2011, in recognition of his contribution to mathematics, the Government of India declared that
Ramanujan's birth date (22 December) would be celebrated every year as National Mathematics Day and
declared 2012 the National Mathematics Year.
[11][12]

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