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Srinivasa Ramanujan
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Born 22 December 1887
Erode, Madras Presidency (nowTamil Nadu)
Died 26 Aril 1!2" (a#ed $2)
%&e'u', Madras, Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu)
Residence (umba)onam, Tamil Nadu
Nationality *ndian
Fields Ma'&ema'ics
Alma mater +o,ernmen' Ar's %olle#e
Pac&aiyaa-s %olle#e
Academic
advisors
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0. E. 1i''lewood
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Srinivasa Ramanujan was
one of India 's mathematical geniuses. He made
wonderful contriutions to the !eld of advanced
mathematics.
"ven toda#$ his fascinating results and mathematical
theories$ and a numer of un%ulished noteoo&s !lled
with theorems$ continue to a'e and enthrall
mathematicians.
Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of India 's mathematical
geniuses. He made wonderful contriutions to the !eld of
advanced mathematics.
"ven toda#$ his fascinating results and mathematical
theories$ and a numer of un%ulished noteoo&s !lled
with theorems$ continue to a'e and enthrall
mathematicians.
Ramanujan was orn in his grandmother 's house in
"rode$ a small village near Chennai in Tamil (adu. )hile
he was still a a#$ his mother too& him to *uma&onam$
near Chennai$ where his father wor&ed as a cler& in a
cloth merchant 's sho%.
He joined the Town High School there
in +anuar# ,-.- and was a ver# good student. /ut his real
a%titude la# in mathematics. He read 0S Carr 's Synopsis
of elementary results in pure mathematics to teach
himself mathematics.
He got a scholarshi% for his !rst #ear at the 0overnment
College in *uma&onam. /ut he devoted more time to
mathematics and neglected his other sujects.
In ,.12$ Ramanujan joined Pachai#a%%a 's College at
Chennai. He %assed in math$ ut 3un&ed all his other
sujects. In the following #ears$ he wor&ed on develo%ing
his own ideas in mathematics$ without having a real idea
of the research to%ics then. 4ll he had were the to%ics in
Carr 's oo&.
On ,5 +ul# ,.1.$ he married a nine6#ear6old girl his
mother arranged for him. However$ Ramanujan did not
live with his wife until she was ,76#ears6old.
8uring this %eriod$ he %ulished man# %a%ers and was
ecoming well &nown in Chennai as a mathematical
genius. In ,.,9$ while he wor&ed as a cler& in the Indian
:athematical Societ#$ Ramanujan wrote to Camridge
mathematician$ 0H Hard#$ and told him aout his wor&.
He had read Hard# 's ,.,1 oo& Orders of Infnity.
Soon a regular corres%ondence develo%ed etween the
two. 4nd in ,.,5 Ramanujan enrolled at Trinit# College$
Camridge. There$ Hard# and Ramanujan egan
collaorating.
/ut Ramanujan did not &ee% well. /eing an orthodo;
/rahmin$ he was a strict vegetarian. 8uring )orld )ar I$
when food was alread# scarce$ it got harder for him to get
s%ecial food and Ramanujan egan having health
%rolems. /ut$ with Hard# 's encouragement$ he
continued to %ulish %a%ers which were ver# well6
received in the academic communit#.
In ,.,2$ Ramanujan graduated from Camridge with a
/achelor of Science # Research. <This degree was
recognised as a Ph.8. after ,.71=. /ut a #ear later he fell
seriousl# ill and his doctors feared that he would die.
Ramanujan was elected as fellow of the Camridge
Philoso%hical Societ# in ,.,-. 4t the same time$ he was
elected as fellow of the Ro#al Societ# of >ondon. This was
a great honour to him and his health seemed to im%rove.
/ut when Ramanujan arrived in India on ,9 :arch that
#ear$ he was d#ing. 8es%ite medical treatment$ he died in
,.71.