His contributions to mathematical analysis, infinite series, continuous fractions and number theory were immense. Ramanujan is most popular for his contributions to the analytic theory of numbers, elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on this day in 1887 in a Tamil Brahmin Iyengar family in Erode, Tamil Nadu. He died on 26 April 1920 at Kumbakonam.
Ramanujan used to solve trigonometry exercises when he was just 12 years old and developed his own theorems at the age of 13 without any help.
Ramanujan studied at the Government College in Kumbakonam in 1903. He failed several times during his studies at the college level due to his lack of knowledge of subjects other than mathematics.
In 1912, he worked at the Madras Port Trust, where his mathematical prowess was recognized by some of his colleagues, one of whom referred him to Professor GH Hardy of Trinity College, University of Cambridge.
Ramanujan was one of the youngest members of the Royal Society of Britain and the first Indian to be elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University.
Ramanujan returned to India in 1919. A year later, he breathed his last at the age of 32.
According to official figures, Ramanujan also discovered his own theorems and independently compiled 3,900 results. Academics around the world agree that his theories changed 20th century mathematics and continue to shape the subject into the 21st century.
The 2015 film ‘The Man Who Knew Infinity’ based on the biography of Srinivasa Ramanujan was released. It describes the life and journey of a mathematician towards establishing famous mathematical theories.
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