Biography of srinivasa ramanujan, mathematical genius. Srinivasa ramanujan was a largely selftaught pure mathematician. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued. Srinivasa ramanujan the mathematics genealogy project. Though he had almost no formal training in pure mathematics, he made substantial contributions to the science, including solutions to mathematical problems considered to.
International math union prizes, including a ramanujan prize. The ramanujan journal an international journal devoted to ramanujan. More recently his discoveries have been applied to physics, where his theta function lies at the heart of string theory. Hardy received a strange letter from an unknown clerk in madras, india. Ramanujan was born in his grandmothers house in erode, a small village about 400 km southwest of madras now chennai. Srinivasa ramanujan 18871920 is one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century. Beyond the biopic, this is the story of a little boy from kumbakonam and his struggle to prove his theorems and himself. Srinivasa ramanujan was an indian mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, and continued fractions.
Yet there may be more of a mystery about ramanujan. Complicite production of a disappearing number a play about ramanujan s work. Pdf the purpose of this paper is to introduce some of the contributions of srinivasa ramanujan to number theory. Srinivasa ramanujan was an indian mathematician who lived during the british rule in india. Srinivasa ramanujan had his interest in mathematics unlocked by a book. India is a country blessed with great mathematicians and scientists. Ramanujan srinivasa aiyangar srinivasa ramanujan is, arguably, the greatest mathematician that india has produced. Hardy taxiraedam advexit eum visitandum, et insulsus. The lost notebook and other unpublished papers of srinivasa ramanujan book. Mathematics genealogy project department of mathematics north dakota state university p. Even though they belonged to the brahmins who are known to be the highest caste of hinduism. The indian mathematician srinivasa ramanujan aiyangar is best known for his work on hypergeometric series and continued fractions.
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 aiyangar february 22, 1887 april 26, 1920. Srinivasa ramanujan was one of indias greatest mathematical geniuses. 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. Srinivasa ramanujan project gutenberg selfpublishing.
Srinivasa ramanujan was born on december 22, 1887 in erode, a city in the tamil nadu state of india. His fathers name was k srinivasa aiyangar and his mother was komalatammal. I considered it my good fortune to give him rice, lemon. Srinivasa ramanujan was a mathematical genius who made numerous contributions in the field, namely in number theory.
The book was a synopsis of elementary results in pure and applied mathematics 1880, revised. Srinivasa rao the institute of mathematical sciences, chennai 600 1. Hindered by poverty and illhealth, his highly original work has considerably enriched number theory. Iiit jhalwa,allahabadit is one of the most romantic stories in the history of mathematics. The importance of his research continues to be studied and inspires. In the rich heritage that india has, one such great mathematician is srinivasa ramanujan. Matthew browns film, the man who knew infinity, is an account of the unlikely friendship between two mathematicians, gh hardy and srinivasa ramanujan. Hardy mathematicus anglus adiutus srinivasam intrandum in universitate cantabrigiensis.
Janakiammal ramanujan, the wife of srinivasa ramanujan, acclaimed as the greatest mathematician of this century, breathed her last on the morning of april, 1994, at her residence 14, hanumantharayan koil street, triplicane, chennai 600 005, at the age of 94. The mathematics genealogy project is in need of funds to help pay for student help and other associated costs. Ramanujans formula for the riemann zeta function extended. Berndt ams, 2000, isbn 0821820761 this book was originally published in 1927 after ramanujan s death. If you would like to contribute, please donate online using credit card or bank transfer or mail your taxdeductible contribution to. A short biography of famous mathematician srinivasa. He made substantial contributions to the analytical theory of numbers and worked on elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series. Pdf contributions of srinivasa ramanujan to number theory. Srinivasa iyengar was a clerk while his mother, komalatammal performed as a singer, in a temple. Srinivasa ramanujan was born on december 22, 1887 in the. Conlationes fecit in theoria numerorum, infinitate et fractiones 1729. Collected papers of srinivasa ramanujan, by srinivasa ramanujan, g. 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.
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